September 2008

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September 2008

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November 2001
2001 Cowboy
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The Cowboy Chronicle
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The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Shooting Society
Vol. 21 No. 9
© Single Action Shooting Society, Inc.
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September 2008
END OF TRAIL ‘08
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New and Improved!
By Billy Dixon, SASS Life/Regulator #196
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Photos by Black Jack McGinnis, SASS #2041 and Mr. Quigley Photography
ounders Ranch, NM From the corners of the
country, from the cities and
the farms, from offices and
factories, homes and schools we
descended in the valley of the gun
with a single purpose. We arrived in
an ever-tightening group until we
reached Founders Ranch to rid the
New Mexico Territory of a lawless
element grown to unacceptable proportions since this same time last
year. We came to support truth, justice, and the American Way, and we
can do it because, after all else fails,
we deal in lead, friend.
The 27th annual END of TRAIL
dedicated to Classic Western Movies
was yet another celebration of the
rights we have as Americans. I had
only to look at the many faces during
the opening ceremonies to realize no
one in this crowd takes for granted
any right, privilege, or civil liberty we
exercised every minute of every day
between June 13 and June 22, 2008
at Founders Ranch near Albuquerque, New Mexico. As Americans we
enjoy mutual trust between government and citizens like few other
match ROs! There was a six-stage
Wild Bunch Warm-up Match followed by a full 12-stage Wild Bunch
match over the next three days (four
stages each day). Following the Wild
Bunch Match, there was a six-stage
Main Match Warm-up, a full day of
Plainsman and other side matches,
and then the regular three-day
main-match competition. The final
Sunday was reserved for the man-on
man competition and the Top Gun
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SASS Cowboy Chronicle
In This Issue
16 END OF TRAIL
COSTUME CONTESTS
Founders Ranch’s latest addition is the Copper Queen Hotel with the
Happy Jack Saloon upstairs. This new building forms the back wall
of the Belle Union Saloon, houses event Administration and Jack Diamond’s
gun shop, and is the Range Officers’ Headquarters. The upstairs provides
a retreat for event sponsors and other important personages as well as
serves as a convenient reception area. Interior finishing and
exterior paint are planned for later in the summer.
places on this planet. We elect our
officials to represent us, knowing if
they fail, we will replace them.
The Shooting Program
Each stage commemorated a
classic western movie, including
Shane, Destry Rides Again, The
Westerner, and other memorable old
cowboy flicks. “I heard you’re a dirty
no good Yankee liar” expressed in a
loud and clear Texican voice set me
free against 10 revolver targets, 9
by Cat Ballou
66 KIRST 1860 ARMY COLT
by Tuolumne Lawman
80 WYOMING STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP
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82 PENNSYLVANIA STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP
by Swift Montana Smith
84 MARYLAND STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP
by Chuckaroo
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rifle targets, and 4 blasts of the
splattergun on stage 1. Targets were
big and close, scenarios easily understood, props well arranged, and
action as fast as we could go.
Nobody does it like the Wild Bunch.
One of the most significant
changes to END of TRAIL this year
was the offering of a full 10 days of
competitive shooting! And, this
doesn’t count the first weekend
warm-up and shoot-through for the
. China Camp .
~ Hall of Fame 2004 ~
1944 – 2008
See STORY on page 6
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ON THE COVER END of TRAIL 2008 . . .
FROM THE EDITOR China Camp (One Of Our Greatest Champions!) . . .
NEWS Stoeger Customer Support Policy . . . Four Generations Shoot At END of TRAIL ‘08
LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . . .
CAT’S CORNER Wonderful Costumes At The 27th Annual END of TRAIL . . .
COYOTE DROPPINGS Memberships And eCowboy Chronicles . . .
POLITICAL America’s Child . . . Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness . . .
ARTICLES Seventy Plus And Cruising . . . The Tinkerbell Syndrome . . .
GUNS & GEAR Finding Gold . . . Wanted: Gunfighters! . . . What’s The Call? . . .
SASS CONVENTION Sign Up Today! . . .
MOUNTED A Buffalo Range Riders-Mounted Weekend! . . . It’s A Blast! . . .
REVIEWS-PRODUCTS Kirst 1860 Army .45 Colt Konverter . . .
TRAIL MARKER To Be Remembered . . .
HISTORY Hell’s In Session . . . Little Known Famous People . . .
ON THE RANGE What’s Goin’ On In Your Town? . . .
CLUB REPORTS Bunkhouse Bidness . . .
MERCANTILE Nice SASS Collectibles . . .
CLASSIFIED
ADVERTISERS INDEX
SHOOTING SCHEDULES (MONTHLY)-(ANNUAL)
SASS AFFILIATED MERCHANT LIST
SASS NEW MEMBER APPLICATION
Every now and then a youngster
comes along that reminds us what
this game is all about. Cowboy Clay
from Albuquerque plays “cowboy”
with a passion, and shoots very well,
indeed. At END of TRAIL he showed
up at the Plainsman event, all on his
own, and handled the firearms like a
pro. He was even a significant player
in the evening entertainment on the
Friday and Saturday evening Belle
Union stage. At the recent SASS New
Mexico State Championship he was
recognized as the State Buckaroo
Champion. When one wants to see
the future, one needs to look
no further than Cowboy Clay!
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Tex
Editor-in-Chief
Cat Ballou
Editor
Coyote Calhoun
Managing Editor &
Marketing Director
Adobe Illustrator
Layout & Design
Mac Daddy
Graphic Design
Donna Oakley
Advertising Administrator
Contributing Writers
Billy Dixon, Bob Boze Bell, Buckskin Lily,
Capt. George Baylor, Celtic Knight,
Chuckaroo, Col. Dan, Cree Vicar Dave,
Doc Nelson, Doc On Holiday, Fat Jack,
Holy Terror, Inspector,
Joe Fasthorse Harrill, Justice Lily Kate,
Lonesome Dove, Lucky Bill Thorington,
Oracle, Palaver Pete, Rascal Rick,
Sierrita Slim, Purdy Gear,
Stockyard Johnny Red,
Swift Montana Smith, Tuolumne Lawman,
Utah, Whooper Crane
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September 2008
CHINA CAMP
ONE OF OUR GREATEST
CHAMPIONS!
(AKA Dennis Ming)
1944 – 2008
.
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Tex, SASS #4
~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~
ASS, as an organization, is
getting older … and all of us
are getting older with it. I
don’t think there is one of us who
hasn’t expressed the idea they
wished they had discovered Cowboy
Action sooner or wished Cowboy
Action itself had started a lot earlier.
As we all grow older, we slow down.
Our reflexes and our stamina are not
what they used to be. Our heads
continue to tell us we’re 22 years old,
but our bodies say otherwise.
Accidents, disease, and sudden fail-
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By Tex, SASS #4
ures of critical body parts are becoming more and more part of our daily
lives. Many are beginning to understand life is fragile, there are no
guarantees, life should be lived to
the fullest while one can, and nothing should be taken for granted.
I’ve heard it said, and I think it’s
true … one should write their own
obituary. That way you begin to
understand how others will remember you. If you suddenly realize
you’re not leaving the legacy you
wish, it’s certainly time to start
doing something about it.
We’ve lost several good cowboys
and cowgirls in the past few months.
It’s hard when any of them go on
down the trail ahead of us, but it’s
toughest when the departure is sudden and unexpected … and such
was the case with China Camp,
SASS #649.
I’ve known China Camp since the
second END of TRAIL in 1983. He
has always been a considerate gentleman, at least in my presence. We
were shooting partners on some of
those early posses … and I even shot
better than he did! But, once China
. China Camp .
~ Hall of Fame 2004 ~
1944 – 2008
Camp set his mind to Cowboy Action
in a serious way, he became an awesome competitor and lent new meaning to the term, “Ming Dynasty!”
China Camp’s Cowboy Action
legacy is exemplary, and in today’s
competitive environment, may never
be equaled. He had five consecutive
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September 2008
STOEGER CUSTOMER SUPPORT POLICY
he Cowboy Chronicle has received
several comments regarding
Stoeger warrantee and firearm repair
practices. Stoeger wishes to set the
record straight and dispel any misconceptions. Below are excerpts from a
recent “Dispatches from Camp
Baylor” article and the actual policy of
Stoeger regarding how every SASS
cowboy’s gun will be handled if an
issue should arise.
“Stoeger wont work (for pay) on a
gun sold before the current importer”
Stoeger Industries will repair all
Stoeger guns that are under warranty
(free of charge) as well as repair guns
that are not under warranty by charging the customer for time and material just like any other gunsmith. We
will do our best to repair all Stoeger
guns even if they were imported prior
to Stoeger Industries possessing the
sole USA importation.
“Their warranty is void if you use
the gun in competition or have a gunsmith slick it up.”
Competition shooting does not void
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the warranty. Any alterations to the
firearm will void the warranty on the
area of the gun that has been altered.
“They won’t sell parts to qualified
gunsmiths like Coyote Cap.”
Any qualified gunsmith or consumer can purchase Stoeger parts
from our stocking parts dealers. Any
of our authorized retailers listed on
our dealer locator (www.stoegerindus
tries.com) can also order any part as
needed. Mann and Sons (1-618-3572911) is our largest stocking parts
dealer. If these avenues have failed to
satisfy your needs, our customer service department can be contacted and
will make every effort to assist you. 1800-264-4962.
Stoeger is and remains adamant
about customer service for all Cowboy
Action Shooting™ Stoeger needs.
If anyone needs special attention
or would like to email me regarding
our policies or practices, my contact
information is: Stoeger Keith
Heinlein, 800-264-4962 ex. 427 khein
[email protected] September 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 9
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he Boy Scouts of America celebrate their 100th Anniversary
in 2010. To commemorate this
occasion, Henry Repeating Arms
announces the release of its Henry
Golden Boy “Boy Scouts of
America® Centennial Edition”
licensed rifle. To mark this milestone, this special rifle features
the Scouts Oath, Scouts Law,
scrollwork, and traditional Boy
Scouts of America logo embellishing the receiver, as well as a 100
Years of Scouting logo and
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etchings in the buttstock and fore-
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Overall length – 38 1/2"
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Stock – American Walnut
Sights – Adjustable Buckhorn rear,
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Receiver – Brasslite receiver; brass
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September 2008
TOMBSTONE REMEMBERS
THE GUNFIGHT AT THE
O.K. CORRAL
T
ombstone, AZ – On October
26th 2008, Tombstone will
remember the “Gunfight at the O. K.
Corral.” Big Nose Kate’s Saloon will
be hosting its second annual ball,
dinner, and “Games of the Frontier”
evening, which was attended by
many SASS members last year.
The ball, dinner, and frontier
games will be held on October 26th
from 8pm–11pm. Games of the frontier include Faro, Blackjack, Roulette,
Wheel of Fortune, and Chuck-a- Luck.
All playing chips are free and door
prizes include a signed “Tombstone”
movie script. There will also be a
smoking area for players. Tickets are
$39.95 for two, and $29.95 for a single. Only 100 tickets will be available.
For further information, please
contact Johnny Martin or Karen at
Big Nose Kate’s Saloon – 520-4573107. Check out our website at
www.bignosekate.com.
For AD Rates
~ DONNA ~
(EXT. 118)
September 2008
[email protected]
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September 2008
SASS SCHOLARSHIP FUND
APPLICATION PROCESS
By Justice Lily Kate, SASS #1000
T
hanks for your generous and continued support of the Scholarship
Fund!! Donations had dropped in the
past few years due to confusion and
concern over funds being “shared” with
the Hall of Fame and/or Museum. Not
during 2008!! Members got the word
and donations were up by $20,000 over
2007!! There will be continued opportunities to donate to the Fund … and if
it says SCHOLARSHIP FUND …
that’s where the money will go!!
Twenty-six Scholarship Recipients
were awarded $2000 each for the 20082009 school year. If the 2009 Fund has
$60,000, then 30 – $2000 scholarships
will be given to the top 30 applicants.
Here are a few reminders for
prospective 2009 applicants:
Prospective
applicants
must
request an application package in writ-
ing from the SASS office beginning
November 1, 2008. An email to Donna
Oakley is acceptable.
Applicants will need to submit a
complete package. Incomplete packages will be returned with a cover letter explaining why the package is
unacceptable.
Late applications will not be
accepted and will be returned.
Applications must be received by the
published due date … not postmarked
by that due date. Applications are due
by March 17, 2009.
An anonymous committee of five
SASS Members has been selected to
read and grade each application
package. Grading criteria is the same
for each, and a standard grading
rubric is used.
As in the past, letters of recommen-
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members. The letters should detail
why the applicant deserves a scholarship (hard-worker, good grades), personal characteristics that would assure
the applicant’s positive representation
of SASS (honesty, integrity), and how
the scholarship will be applied.
It is expected the applicant has
been an active SASS member for at
least one year and actively involved
with a local club.
Applicants do not have to be
accepted to an institution of higher
learning in order to apply for a scholarship. In place of a letter of acceptance,
the applicant should include a letter
stating to which colleges/universities
application has been made.
The most recent High School or
College transcript will need to be
included.
A picture of the applicant in cowboy attire (with SASS badge clearly
visible) is required.
A 500-word, typed, double-spaced
essay is still required. Paragraphs
should be indented or double-spaced
between. Grammar, tense, and spelling
should be correct. There should be an
introduction, body, and conclusion.
The selection process is based on
MERIT!! In the past, it seems any and
all applicants were awarded funds.
NOT ANY MORE!!
Scholarship
Recipients are those who possess intellectual credit and conduct deserving
reward, honor, or esteem.
Congratulations to the twenty-six
‘08 Scholarship Recipients, and thank
you to generous SASS members for
making it possible!!
September 2008
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SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
AWARD RECIPIENTS
FOR 2008
.
By Justice Lily Kate, SASS #1000
T
he SASS Scholarship Foundation proudly awarded SASS
members with scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic
school year. The formal announcement was made during opening ceremonies at SASS’ 27th Anniversary END of TRAIL held
at Founders Ranch in June.
Since it was created in 1999 with an initial donation from
Deaf Laws and Aimless Annie, the SASS Scholarship Foundation has granted scholarships in excess of $320,000. Supported solely by SASS’ 80,000 members and 500 affiliated
clubs, the SASS Scholarship Foundation has awarded 195
scholarships over the past eight years.
The SASS Scholarship Fund was created to provide scholar-
.
ships to deserving members pursuing higher education. Scholarships are awarded based on character, personal merit, and
commitment to the shooting sports, particularly Cowboy Action
Shooting™. Merit is demonstrated through leadership in
school, on the shooting range, extracurricular activities, academic achievement, and motivation to serve and succeed.
The Fund is a not-for profit 501(c)3 Corporation whose sole
purpose is to provide scholarships to deserving members pursuing higher education. SASS offers a special thanks to those
who have helped by donating funds to continue the program.
Our best wishes go to the 2008 recipients in their academic
endeavors. Congratulations to all the recipients.
Colorado Half Breed,
SASS #37880
Little Wing,
SASS #18241
Potamus Kaye,
SASS #38950
Leadfoot Lizzie,
SASS #50411
Lightning Cat,
SASS #19274
General Store John,
SASS #71789
Foxy Faith,
SASS #74123
Coppertop Kid,
SASS #38951
Little Raisin,
SASS #25493
Gunfight Hite,
SASS #68203
Justin S. Accurate,
SASS #52652
L.I. Law Dawg,
SASS #55119
Even Steven,
SASS #45882
Kilbourne Kid,
SASS #35161
Pumpkin,
SASS #45033
Gnatty Branch,
SASS #51879
Tombstone Tiff,
SASS #68134
Catfish Kid,
SASS #3600
Daisy Desperado,
SASS #74869
Shifty Jack,
SASS #65353
Miss Sassy Sasparilla,
SASS #73897
Chevelon Kid,
SASS #61789
Studley Doright,
SASS #50482
Dakota Bronc,
SASS #47931
C.Z. Scout,
SASS #73115
Smilin’ Matt Hatfield,
SASS #39735
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FOUR GENERATIONS SHOOT AT
END OF TRAIL ’08
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By Lonesome Dove, SASS #12
A
Founding Father of SASS,
General U.S. Grant, SASS #2,
had the extreme pleasure of shooting on a posse with three generations of his family at END of TRAIL
‘08. Those posse members were his
daughter, Annie Odem, SASS
#9786; son-in-law, Johnny Jingos,
SASS #8494; grandson, Doug Yer
Grave, SASS #55244; great-granddaughter, Lulu Sureshot, SASS
#66230, and, of course, the General.
Annie Odem and Johnny Jingos
and their granddaughter, Lulu
Sureshot, flew down from Oregon,
and their son, Tarl La Rocco, drove
all night from Tennesee with his
two young sons, TJ and Jared
(undoubtedly future shooters) to
compete in END of TRAIL.
Special “icing on the cake” was
Annie Odem winning a Lady 49’er
trophy and eleven year-old Lulu
Sureshot earning a Buckarette
World Championship.
Lulu
Sureshot and her younger sister,
Carissa are as at home on a horse
as they are on foot. At END of
TRAIL ‘08 Lulu met Mounted
Shooters, Morning Dove, SASS
#7889, and Star of July, SASS
#47177, first and second place winners in Mounted Shooting this
year. Now Lulu is on fire to practice shooting from her horse so she
can compete as a Mounted Shooter
next year!
The General was so proud of
his family he just about “popped
his buttons.”
September 2008
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September 2008
WONDERFUL COSTUMES
AT THE 27TH ANNUAL
END OF TRAIL
Cat Ballou, SASS #55
~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~
ounders Ranch, NM –
Twenty-seven years has
passed since the first END of
TRAIL in Coto de Caza, California
with its 60 participants and no costume contest. Now we have 700 participants and five costume contests –
daytime, three evening contests, and
mounted. I remain in awe of how far
we have progressed in costuming
from those first days of blue jeans
and snap-buttoned shirts (except for
Rawhide
Rawlins
(Phil
Spangenberger) and Wes Terner
(Dennis Mader) – they knew how to
dress “Old West” from the get-go!).
In the beginning, the members of
the Wild Bunch also functioned as
costume judges. Now we have panels of judges (thank goodness!)
whose expertise is greatly appreciated when it comes to making decisions on whose costume is the best.
My heartfelt thanks go to all the costume judges at END of TRAIL ‘08:
Shooting Costumes,
Conventioneers, Guncarts –
Lonesome Dove, SASS #12, Creek
Harding, SASS #4546, Copper
Queen, SASS #20449, and Sugar
Britches, SASS #209
Soiled Doves/Parlour House
Madams – Rattler John, SASS
#5290, Billy Dixon, SASS #190,
Captain George Baylor, SASS
#24287. And thanks to the contest’s emcees who really liven up
the place – T-Bone Dooley, SASS
#36388, and Ringo Fire, SASS
#46037, from the infamous Texas
Dooley Gang.
B-Western – Mad Mountain Mike,
SASS #4385, Sloan Easy, SASS
#28129, and yours truly
Best Dressed – Catawba Kate,
SASS #21206, Barrel Head, SASS
#21205, Sweet Violet, SASS
#51200, Sloan Easy.
Sponsors – Wild West Mercantile of
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Phoenix, Arizona sponsored all
the costume contests at the 27th
END of TRAIL. We appreciate so
very much their continuing support of costuming.
Classic Western Films, 19291960, was the event’s theme and several of our costume participants
based their outfits on bygone western
.
By Cat Ballou, SASS #55
classics. Lily Orleans Mason, from
New Mexico, attired herself in
Shirley Temple’s traveling outfit from
“Fort Apache.” Calamity Crickette,
from Texas, dressed as Shirley
McClaine’s nun’s character from
“Two Mules for Sister Sara,” complete
with two miniature mules on a wooden platform she dragged behind her –
too clever! And, Dixie Bell, newly
from Utah, appeared as an Indian
maiden ala Debra Paget in “Broken
Arrow.” And, even Rooster Cogburn
and The Duke strolled around the
grounds. Oh wait, that was really
Texas’ own The Brisco Kid, who is the
“spittin’ image” of John Wayne.
. B-Western Winners .
B-Western Ladies (l-r) 1st, Two Ponies Gal; 2nd, Catawba Kate;
3rd, La Bandida and Tijuana Rose.
B-Western Men (l-r) 1st, Two Ponies; 2nd, K. C. Woody; 3rd, Texas Jack Daniels.
Here is Texas Jack Daniels
in his B-Western costume.
He is portraying Ralphie from
“A Christmas Story.”
September 2008
END OF TRAIL 2008
COSTUME CONTESTS
WINNERS
SOILED DOVES
Tijuana Rose, SASS #72944
& La Bandida, SASS #80163
Grumpy in the Morning, SASS #54067
Virginia Bright Eyes, SASS #52000
PARLOUR HOUSE MADAMS
Esperanza, SASS #71650
Shotglass, SASS #17153
Calamity Crickette, SASS #49733
B-WESTERN-MALES
Two Ponies, SASS #18032
K C Woody, SASS #77699
Texas Jack Daniels, SASS #8587
B-WESTERN-FEMALES
Two Ponies Gal, SASS #39710
Catawba Kate, SASS #21206
La Bandida, SASS #80163
& Tijuana Rose, SASS #72944
BEST DRESSED-LADIES
Granny Getchergun, SASS #75466
Lazy K, SASS #64267
Kaimichi Queen, SASS #26033
BEST DRESSED-MEN
Slim Weed, SASS#64266
Capt. George Baylor, SASS#24287
Ozark Outlaw, SASS #19847
BEST DRESSED-COUPLES
Slick Vic-Ulster Ranger, SASS #69230
& Tart’n Terror, SASS #76874
Calvin N Hobbes, SASS #17218
& Barbary Coast, SASS #21965
Mad Dutchman, SASS #22740
& Lucky Linda, SASS #28939
BEST DRESSED-MILITARY
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540
Lt. Col. Scratch, SASS #23839
Willamette, SASS #2625
CLASSIC WESTERNS-MALE
The Brisco Kid, SASS #26032
CLASSIC WESTERNS-FEMALE
Lily Orleans Mason, SASS #46755
Calamity Crickette, SASS #49733
Dixie Bell, SASS #5366
JUNIOR-BOY
Cowboy Clay, SASS #67520
JUNIOR-GIRL
Pixie Powder, SASS #67519
SHOOTING COSTUME-MALE
Slim Weed, SASS #64266
Capt. George Baylor, SASS #24287
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540
SHOOTING COSTUME-FEMALE
Sweet Violet, SASS #51200
Lazy K, SASS #64267
Silver Heart, SASS #48482
SHOOTING COSTUMEJUNIOR BOY
Cowboy Clay, SASS #67520
SHOOTING COSTUMEJUNIOR GIRL
Pixie Powder, SASS #6719
SUTLER-FEMALE
Laced Lady, SASS #58500
SUTLER-MALE
The Brisco Kid, SASS #26032
SUTLER DISPLAY
Buckaroo Bobbins
CONVENTIONEER-MALE
Will Bonner, SASS #6644
CONVENTIONEER-FEMALE
Granny Getchergun, SASS #75466
WADDIE-MALE
Captain Cooper, SASS #43639
WADDIE-FEMALE
Lily Orleans Mason, SASS #46755
GUNCART
El Gato Gordo, SASS #15162
Silver Heart, SASS #48482
Samuel B. Carpenter, SASS #34043
WILD BUNCH TEAM COSTUME
Evil Roy, SASS #2883,
J. T. Wild, SASS #20399,
Holy Terror, SASS #15362,
& Happy Jack, SASS #20451
. Best Dressed Winners .
Best Military Uniform(l-r)
1st place, Cowtown Scout;
2nd place, Lt. Col. Scratch;
3rd place, Willamette.
Best Dressed Couples (l-r)
1st place, Slick Vic-Ulstere Ranger and
Tart’n Terror; 2nd place, Calvin N Hobbs and
Barbary Coast; 3rd place, Mad Dutchman and
Lucky Linda.
Best Dressed Ladies (l-r)
1st place, Granny Getchergun;
2nd place, Lazy K;
3rd place, Kaimichi Queen.
Best Dressed Junior Boy,
Cowboy Clay, and
Best Dressed Junior Girl,
Pixie Powder.
The Best Dressed Costume Judges
listen intently as Lily Orleans Mason
makes her presentation.
Best Classic Westerns–
Male –
The Brisco Kid
as John Wayne’s
character,
Rooster Cogburn
from “True Grit.”
Calamity Crickette as
Shirley McLaine’s character,
Sister Sara, complete with
her two mules, from
“Two Mules for Sister Sara.”
See more
Classic Westerns-Ladies (l-r)
1st place, Lily Orleans Mason;
2nd place, Calamity Crickette;
3rd place, Dixie Bell
Best Dressed Men (l-r)
1st place, Slim Weed;
2nd place, Captain George Baylor;
3rd place, Ozark Outlaw.
COSTUME WINNERS
on pages 32, 33, 34
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September 2008
Coyote
With Coyote Calhoun
Droppings
MEMBERSHIPS AND
ECOWBOY CHRONICLES
By Coyote Calhoun, SASS #201
Coyote Calhoun, SASS #201
s the Wild Bunch travels
around the country, we are
asked all sorts of questions,
including why don’t we do this or
that. One of the most frequently
asked questions is why don’t we offer
a Senior Life Membership? Well,
after several years of discussing this,
it has finally made sense. We have
decided to offer a Senior Life
Membership along with a few other
new pricing structures to help our
membership.
A
Beginning this month SASS will
offer a Senior Life Membership for
members 65 years of age and over.
The price of this membership is $500.
It includes all the benefits of our
basic membership, including the
Gold Collectors Badge, but with a
$250 reduction in price over our
Basic Life Membership. In addition
to the new Senior Life Membership,
we will be offering a three-year New
Member Package and a three-year
Membership Renewal Package.
These three-year packages offer a
savings of five dollars per year for a
fifteen-dollar savings over the threeyear period. These three-year packages are offered to all SASS
Members, both US and International. In a time when energy costs
continue to rise, affecting everything
from paper cost to postage, this is
welcome news for all SASS members.
Another item we receive requests
for is The eCowboy Chronicle, or
PDF electronic version of The Cowboy
Chronicle. We began sending The
eCowboy Chronicle to International members about two years
ago, and the program has been very
successful. But, many US members
have also asked to receive The
eCowboy Chronicle. Some would
like to receive it instead of the printed copy, and some would like to
receive both the electronic and the
printed copy.
So, beginning in
September The eCowboy Chronicle will be available domestically.
This is not a shortened or watered
down version of The Cowboy Chronicle,
but an entire issue with all the great
ads and articles you have come to
expect (and in color and immediately
after publication!). Each US Member
will have a choice of receiving the
printed version of The Cowboy Chronicle,
or The eCowboy Chronicle, the
PDF version. If you wish to receive
both, there is an additional charge of
ten dollars per year. This additional
fee helps to pay for bandwidth, server
space, broadcast costs, and other
related costs in e-mailing The
eCowboy Chronicle.
The eCowboy Chronicle can
easily be added when you renew your
membership, either by mail or online.
If you would like to change to or add
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The eCowboy Chronicle prior to
your renewal date, or if you are a Life
Member, just call the SASS office,
and they will be glad to help you with
your eCowboy Chronicle order.
Here is the New SASS Membership
Rate Structure:
US
International
W/PDF
Chronicle
$750
$750
$500
$500
Individual Membership
First Year Basic Dues
Spouse or Significant Other
Dependents (17 and under)
$55
$40
$25
$65
$55
$35
$165
3 Year Memberships
First Year Basic Dues
$130
$95
$50
$160
$130
$70
$460
Renewals
Individual Basic
$45
$35
$20
$55
$45
$25
$155
Life Membership
Basic Life Membership
Senior Life Membership
(65 and older)
Chronicle Shipping Charge
International
W/Printed
Chronicle
$750
$500
+ $100 yearly
(You pay to renew only the 1st Junior. All other Juniors are renewed for free.)
3 Year Renewals
Individual Basic
$120
$90
$45
$150
$120
$60
$450
(You pay to renew only the first Junior. All other Juniors are renewed for free.)
US Members: You can choose between a printed or an electronic PDF copy
of The Cowboy Chronicle. For an additional $10 per year you can receive both.
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September 2008
THERE IS NO WHINING
IN COWBOY!
By Stockyard Johnny Red, SASS #70058
Stockyard Johnny Red,
SASS #70058
W
e all as Cowboys and Cowgirls
know about the Spirit of the
Game. First rule in Cowboy is being
safe. Second rule is to have fun.
There is no Whining in Cowboy.
First, I am no way a real fast shooter. If I shoot under 30 seconds on a
stage there must have been some
divine intervention that made it so.
I have been shooting our sport since
2006, so I am pretty new to the sport.
My friends who have made me a better shooter are Windy City Kid and
Chicago Steeley. The friends who
have made me a better cowboy are
Make it Vin, Flatland Drifter,
Chocolate Chip Rich, Curly Moe
Lawrence, Silver Buck Bill, and most
of the other shooters in Cowboy.
At the recent Illinois State
Championship I had a great time,
the people, the stages, everything
was perfect except my attitude. I
entered to shoot with my friends and
have fun. I had fun taking the RO-I
course with Hassayampa John
Mossman, and the side matches for
the day were really, really fun.
On the first day of the shoot my
competitive nature reared its ugly
head, and I shot poorly. After calming down, I shot better. I had some
really great shooters on my posse:
Curly Moe Lawrence, Shell Stuffer,
Flatland Drifter, Max Muletrain
(mosquito killer), and Ruger
Redneck Woman just to name a few.
At the final stage for the day I drew
my loaded pistol, and I DROPPED
IT. MATCH DISQUALIFICATION.
Pack the guns. You’re done, Pard.
Now before you all say “too bad” or
“tough break,” it happens. Safety is
our Number 1 rule, and I broke it. I
could have slowed down, but the
clock was in my head.
Saturday dinner I entered the
Costume Contest and took Second
Place for Military with my Highland
Piper uniform. I took some razzing
for the kilt, mostly from the ladies
and a few of the lads (go figure).
Then, somebody came by and
dubbed me “Curly Q the mascot for
Dairy Queen (DQ).” Can’t take the
heat, stay out of the kitchen (I
guess). I was going to say something, but didn’t, and my bud gave
me an attitude adjustment on the
way home that really hit home about
the reason we all came. Besides, it
was a long walk home.
Sunday morning I dressed with
my kilt, grabbed my pipes, and
played a tune for Cowboy Church
with Rev. Willy Dunkum. I stayed
with my posse, keeping score, and I
enjoyed their shooting and their
friendship the rest of the day. Isn’t
that what it is all about? Spending
time with friends and enjoying each
other’s company. The rewards we
get are what we earn, so whiners
need not apply.
September 2008
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September 2008
A QUESTION FOR
“DEAR BILLY”
I read, with interest, your reply
to Insecure in Albuquerque, since I
am experiencing a somewhat related
problem. But, unlike Insecure, I
jumped before I had all my facts and
now am stuck in the situation.
Shortly after our marriage a couple of years ago, I introduced my wife
to Cowboy Action Shooting™, thinking that if I included her a little, it
would not be so hard to get away one
weekend or so each month.
She took to it like a duck to water,
and at first I could only focus on how
lucky I thought I was. But it did not
take long for things to head south.
My first indication came on Father’s
Day. We took a small day trip to a
large Sportsman’s Warehouse and
spent a half-day walking around,
looking at guns and related items.
Don’t ask me how, but it was not
until I was loading the car with our
purchases that I realized SHE ended
up with a rifle while I only got a lead
pot. I guess I was still in “la-la land”
because it still did not fully dawn on
me until I was standing over the hot
pot the next day that I was molding
bullets for HER rifle.
What I would like to know is:
Does SASS sponsor any kind of
Cowboy’s Wives Anonymous or any
sort of thing for those of us who were
not prudent enough to keep our
spouses at a respectful distance from
our guns and gear?
Please hurry with your answer.
When I came home the other day, I
found her concealing something in a
Better Housekeeping Magazine. I
foolishly figured it was a Fredrick’s
flyer, but later found a sales
brochure from Midway with the top
corner dog-eared at the shotshell
reloading section. This is preying on
my mind. At the last match, I think
she might have out-shot me!
Second Fiddle in Arkansas
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THUMB BUSTIN’
DOWN UNDER
By Ruff Anreddy, SASS #3962
September 2008 will mark 30
years of single-action shooting in
Australia. As a Colt distributor and
major sponsor, I was in attendance
at the Australian IPSC championships held over Easter 1978, and
several competitors were lamenting
the decline of the fun and camaraderie at our shoots. It was becoming apparent that, with few exceptions, the shooters with the biggest
billfolds were un-leveling the playing fields.
The editor of the “Australian
Shooters Journal,” the late Heinz
Raz, said something along the lines
of “Why don’t we do this with singleactions? After all, every man and his
dog have one in the safe.” On returning to South Australia, I organized
our first shoot, and we had a grand
total of seven competitors. The
atmosphere was very definitely BWestern, with fancy shirts and
Buscadero rigs. Attempts at authenticity and period dress came later
when we affiliated with SASS.
Our shooting styles and stages
would bring cries of “Stage DQ”
today, e.g, horizontally moving targets with the timer’s hand in your
back to keep you moving while
engaging targets! I’m sure everyone
gets the picture.
With matches spreading interstate, our numbers and fame grew
steadily, especially when we suddenly experienced explosive growth as a
direct result of the phenomenal
efforts put in by Territorial
Governor Virgil Earp, SASS Life
#4299, and Jesse James Downunder,
SASS Life #1405.
Australia now has one of the
strongest groups of single-action
shooters in the world. And, the
original not-so-magnificent seven?
Well, three have gone to the last
roundup, and the remaining four
are still thumb-bustin’ with three of
us shooting an assortment of 1st,
2nd, and 3rd generation Colts, and
all of us shooting calibers that begin
with a .4!
We haven’t made it to END of
TRAIL yet, but when we do, we won’t
need power-factor calculators.
September 2008
COLONEL DAN AND
NEWS BIAS
I sympathize with Colonel Dan’s
frustration about media bias. As he
points out, it is much more insidious
than editorial comment, but also
includes story selection and presentation of content. This becomes more
pronounced, as more and more news
outlets are owned by fewer and
fewer corporate entities.
In “our” (Victorian) era, any town
large enough to have one newspaper
usually had two: one supporting the
Democratic Party and one supporting the Republican Party.
An
informed citizen could read both,
and with the application of some
intelligence, figure out where the
truth might lie (so to speak).
Newspaper bias has been with
us since moveable type was invented, though. Frederick Remington, as
an artist working for the Hearst
Newspapers, was assigned to cover
the Cuban Rebellion against
Spanish colonial rule in 1898:
“There is no war,” Remington
wrote to his boss. “Request to be
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recalled.”
Remington’s
boss,
William
Randolph Hearst, sent a cable in
reply: “Please remain. You furnish
the pictures, I’ll furnish the war.”
In our current electoral trumpeting, the media focused attention
on a very few candidates of both
major parties early on, virtually limiting our choices by not giving equal
time to “less newsworthy” or less
flashy potential nominees, and by
totally ignoring any parties other
than the Donkeys and Pachyderms.
One now sees the result on the
Evening News, as Barack and
McCain vie for high office.
What does the responsible citizen do to counter media bias? Seek
out opposing views – especially
those views at odds with one’s own.
On the one hand, it is good to know
the opposition’s strategy. On the
other, you might just change your
views (as I did, becoming a Second
Amendment advocate).
On the
political front, get involved early in
the selection process, and campaign
for the best man or woman for the
job long before primaries. You may
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not be successful, but you certainly
improve our chances of having better choices.
El Gato Gordo, SASS #15162
Colorado Springs, CO
I’VE BEEN
A COWBOY ACTION
SHOOTER FOR OVER
TWENTY YEARS
For twenty years I have been a
happy Cowboy Action Shooter after
US Marshall Jim Paden, SASS #882,
and I founded the first club here on
the Delmarva Peninsula, a large
island that sticks out in the Atlantic
Ocean. When we began back in the
1980’s, the sport heated up very rapidly and within a year, we had cowboys coming from West Virginia,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. We
called our group Paden’s Posse.
The climate here allowed us to
shoot twelve months of the year on
the third Sunday of each month. We
began with a small range, 200 yards
long by 60 feet wide, very small for
the 15 shooters we had in those days.
Next we moved to Seaford,
Delaware, and had them build three
cowboy ranges we have been using
for several years.
In October 2007, at the age of 86
years and 3 months, I was forced to
give up the best sport in the world
that I loved due to medical problems.
I miss it terribly. However, I still go
to the range to see my SASS family
when I am able.
I did make Regulator and
received the Spirit of the Game
award. That’s the news from my
bunkhouse.
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September 2008
“THE SEARCHERS”
WAS A
WONDERFUL MOVIE!
We read The Cowboy Chronicle
from front to back every month. In
April, we took the movie recommendations given in Cat’s Corner and
ordered them from our movie vendor, Netflix. We thought you might
be interested in the description
given for the grand old movie, “The
Searchers.”
The movie was
described as:
“Far from a picaresque adventure yarn, The Searchers is Director
John Ford’s forceful meditation on
racism, revenge, and obsession—
one of the most powerful ever
filmed.” And Wayne’s portrayal of a
brutishly obsessed ‘savior’ is downright frightening.”
We found the movie to be wonderful. It was good to see a movie
that didn’t portray cowboys with
sheep and a love story that children
could watch. Keep up the good
journalism!
Rapley, SASS #61247
Chatham, Virginia September 2008
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September 2008
AMERICA’S CHILD
By Colonel Dan, SASS Life #24025
Colonel Dan,
SASS Life #24025
H
ave you ever watched a small
child as they reach a point
where they’re “brave” enough to wander away from their mother a few
yards, striking out on their own?
They no longer feel the need for the
security Mom provides. They’re
ready for the world—until something
frightens them into reality again and
they scurry back—returning immediately to the security of their roots
and what they know makes sense in
the world. Millions of Americans
were no different after 9/11.
As
America
incrementally
“matured” over the years and
became “enlightened” to the more
modern ways of liberalism, many
struck out on their own, leaving
behind both the roots of colonial traditionalism as well as those who
remained loyal to the old ways.
The ways of our beginnings were
antiquated and not reflective of modern man nor tolerant enough of our
growing diverse culture. Our 18th
Century values just didn’t belong in
the 21st Century. A new and freer
day was dawning in America and the
“freedom” that came with modern
liberalism was indeed the wave of
our future. “We must be tolerant of
everything and everybody and avoid
judging anyone or anything.” [Sell
Americans on that philosophy, and
you can get away with anything!]
Political Correctness was the
superficial concept that would
ensure no feelings were ever hurt,
multiculturalism was the compassionate approach, and “tolerance for
all,” which really means no standards whatsoever regardless of
behavior or beliefs, was the demand.
Illegal aliens should be given
amnesty, health care, welfare benefits,
education, and medical treatment—
and be registered to vote, of course.
God was out of favor; free expression was in favor as long as that
expression wasn’t so free as to include
God. The state or any place public
was not the place for Him or anything
related to Him—religion was simply
not to be tolerated in public.
Guns were evil—for individuals—therefore the Second Amendment was being reinterpreted as
pertaining only to state sponsored
militias—it was never intended to
be an individual right—that is until
the Supreme Court, by the slimmest
of margins, ruled otherwise on 26
June. Sound familiar?
Then, witness the events of 9/11.
What happened to that brave little
child of America’s enlightened age?
Many were seen scurrying back to
the values of our colonial past—
rejoining the millions of us that had
never wandered from those ways.
Religion was suddenly again in
vogue. People who hadn’t seen the
inside of a church in decades were
making their way to services and
learning how to pray again. God was
called upon in our moment of need
and distress—as He has always been
in times of strife.
There was a run on the sale of
guns—even by some of the most
devout liberals. Self-defense was
back in style, and if you noticed, there
was hardly a call for more gun control—at least immediately after 9/11.
No calls in support of illegal
aliens were heard. In fact, just the
opposite was the cry throughout the
land. “Why have we allowed so
many undocumented people in this
country? We’ve left ourselves wide
open and vulnerable.”
Some of my fellow pundits were
even declaring that “political correctness” was dead! Tolerance and multiculturalism were temporarily relegated to the back seat.
In other words, when the chips
were down, more Americans were
scurrying back to the security of our
colonial roots. They were frightened
and returning to what they knew
would provide a solid foundation for
their souls. It was the values of colonial traditionalism that once again
made sense in their lives and to
which they returned—if even for a
short while.
I’ve seen this before in soldiers.
They say there are no atheists in foxholes, and that is about as on target
as any statement can be. When life
is on the line, man always grasps for
that which he knows will unquestionably sustain him and make
sense of his out-of-control world.
This phenomenon should have
clearly shown all America where the
solid foundation really is for this
country, and it isn’t found in modern
liberalism. Rather, it’s firmly entrenched in the original ways of our
Founders and traditionalism. When
people felt threatened, millions
wanted to return to those roots of
our past where authentic and lasting
values can always be found.
What does this really prove, if
anything? Probably nothing if you’re
looking for court-of-law type proof.
What it proves to me, though, is
something I’ve been writing about
for years. The illusion and lies of
modern liberalism are just that—
illusion and lies. Colonial tradition-
alism, however, is founded upon substance and truth.
Modern liberalism has no foundation or substance in which man
can find anything that will sustain
his soul—in good times or bad. It’s
nothing more than an illusion of
enlightenment and a way to sell
America on a philosophy that will
more easily allow its followers to
impose their will on America.
Immediately after 9/11, the traditional values upon which this
country was founded, however, were
again shown to be unshakeable and
undeniable and will remain so
throughout eternity—regardless of
liberal spin.
Whether that little child of modern American liberalism chooses to
accept this fact, or chooses to deny
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“LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT
OF HAPPINESS”
Through Exercising the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
By Fat Jack, SASS #46183
(John C. Sigler, NRA President)
able aspect of the shooting sports or
gun ownership we choose. And
make no mistake, that very bedrock
concept is “on the block” in the upcoming Presidential and Congressional elections.
With the very real threat of
rookie U.S. Senator Barack Obama
taking the White House this coming
November, our pursuit of happiness—the exercise of our right to
keep and bear arms—is in mortal
danger. Obama claims to believe in
the Second Amendment, but always
with qualifications—like the total
ban on handgun ownership in his
hometown, Chicago. “Rights at local
option,” as he terms the theory,
spells out his slippery loophole from
freedom. When he talks about the
Second Amendment, he keeps his
fingers crossed behind his back.
Obama at one time or another
has supported licensing and registration, bans on all handguns, bans
on all semi-autos, and the return of
the Clinton semi-auto ban. He has
said he would trump conceal-carry
in every state with an overriding
Federal ban. He has opposed selfdefense in the home. As a Senator,
he voted to continue the punitive big
city lawsuits intended to dry up our
sources of firearms and ammunition
in every corner of the nation.
In his pose as a “former law professor,” Obama opined that the D.C.
gun ban, which included all handAMERICA’S CHILD . . . guns and any firearm in an operable
state kept in the home, was constitu(Continued from previous page)
these basic truths and stray again tional. Obama denied he ever said
when their fears subside was never a that, but thanks to YouTube, his
question of “if,” but “when,” and “how words are there for all to hear.
After the momentous U.S.
far” as we’ve plainly seen in the few
Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision strikshort years since 9/11.
At some point however, America’s ing down the D.C. ban and upholdchild could venture off too far, unable ing the Second Amendment as an
to find his way back when the next individual right, Obama continued
tragedy strikes. At that point, he to use Chicago as a shining example
may indeed be lost … particularly if of a right permissibly denied “at
we elect a radically liberal govern- local option.” As NRA Executive
ment in 2008. Just the view from my Vice President Wayne LaPierre has
pointed out, “local option” was the
saddle …
same argument once used to deny
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O
ver the years, I have been personally blessed to participate in
virtually every aspect of the shooting sports from .50 BMG long-range
matches to hunting on four continents, to most handgun disciplines,
to traditional high power rifle and FClass competitions, to sporting clays,
trap, and skeet shooting, to muzzleloading, and now, to Cowboy Action
Shooting™. I have enjoyed them all.
I have especially loved the camaraderie of friendly competition and
especially being a part of the Single
Action Shooting Society.
A few years ago my friend, Craig
Sandler, made the profound point
that as firearms owners— no matter
what our peaceable reasons— we
are practicing something no other
people on earth are guaranteed:
“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of
Happiness.” Craig, then director of
NRA General Operations, is very
much like me in that he enjoys all
shooting disciplines. His observations made a deep impression on all
who heard his words that day.
And in this election season, I
want to share my thoughts about
Happiness”—the eloquent promise
of the Declaration of Independence.
Happiness” is exactly what we all do
and pursue—no matter what peace-
on the basis of color.
The court’s landmark Heller
decision hinged on one vote, and
depended upon the two George W.
Bush nominees we fought so hard to
see confirmed in the U.S. Senate. A
future court could undo that decision if its members were appointed
by the likes of Barack Obama. And
remember, in the coming months
and years, at least three Justices are
expected to retire.
A President Obama could
reshape the entire Federal Judiciary,
cloning Judges who abuse their
power to create back door gun control.
Social engineers like U.S. District
Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein, who
from his Brooklyn bench has heard
case after case in which all elements
of the law-abiding, licensed firearms
industry are blamed for street crimes
committed by violent predators wholly unconnected to any lawful commerce in firearms or ammunition.
Weinstein has cost us—as consumers—at least $750-million in
legal fees to successfully challenge
punitive lawsuits brought to bankrupt and close down our sources of
firearms and ammunition.
And in November, we are electing an entire Federal executive
branch. Think about a radical
change in any agency and what it
means to SASS members—to shooters in general.
Try EPA and the Fish and
Wildlife Service, which could well
move to ban lead bullets, or close
ranges. California has already created a ban on lead bullets. Other
states are considering it.
Try the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, which
could reinstate its ill-fated regulatory scheme to create severe strictures on manufacture, transportation and storage of smokeless and
blackpowder, caps, primers, and
fixed ammunition. Those regulatory strictures would have been
impossible to meet—just as our
opponents intended.
They would have ended handloading, as we know it. With a huge
grass-roots uproar from shooters
John C. Sigler, NRA President
and handloaders, we beat back those
regulations. OSHA said it had
“made a mistake,” but in an Obama
administration those regulations
might well reappear—and this time
it won’t be a “mistake.”
Try the Consumer Product
Safety Commission, which has been
pressed by the Violence Policy Center
and a host of anti-gun politicians to
ban handguns and handgun ammunition as “hazardous products.”
You can bet Obama, the selfstyled grass roots “community organizer,” with our taxpayers’ dollars
behind him, will create a government-sponsored grass-roots lobby to
counter our ability to effectively petition the government and will
attempt to drown out the real voices
of the people with mass propaganda.
Think of any Federal agency
even remotely connected to oversight
of all we love to do, and think of the
extreme abuse of bureaucratic power
if the gun-ban crowd were to be in
control after the November elections.
Those who hate us for exercising
our rights and freedom always say
they want to keep guns out of the
wrong hands. Ultimately they are
talking about all of our hands—
yours and mine.
For those who might not believe
their personal pursuit of happiness is
in danger, hear the words of the most
powerful machine politician in the
nation, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley:
“NO GUNS IN THE HANDS OF
THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA!”
Think about what that would
mean to all of us.
No one’s rights are safe.
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September 2008
Dear BILLy
By Lucky Bill Thorington, SASS Life #765
Lucky Bill Thorington,
SASS Life #765
Dear Billy,
Ever since I started Cowboy
Action Shooting™ I have used a
short cut-off double barrel shotgun because I wanted to be like
the other guys. Now my significant other is complaining. She
is a shooter, too. She thinks I
should stand out in the crowd.
She is suggesting I get either a
Holster and Belt
2 Holsters and Belt
‘97 or ‘87 with a longer, say 30 or
32 inch barrel. Now my performance with the shorter barrel,
while not great, isn’t bad considering I am just in this to play
cowboy. I am having fun. And
she seems to be enjoying herself
as well. My question is what do
you think I should do?
Shorty in Wyoming
Dear Shorty,
Are you serious? You say you
are having fun. You say she is having fun. She says she wants you to
have a longer barreled gun. Are you
listening? She is giving you permission (if you need it) to buy another
gun!!!! My question is, “what are you
waiting for, man?” Satisfy yourself
and your lady. Buy a new gun.
Many men would jump at the chance
to get another gun. And have a lady
who is encouraging it. Do you actually have to think about it? Go buy
$425
$585
Holster and Belt
2 Holsters and Belt
Holster and Belt
2 Holsters and Belt
$155
$225
$190
$265
the longer barrel shotgun and make
both of you happy!
Dear Billy,
This concerns a member of
our shooting “club.” It is a hard
question that is puzzling several
of our members. We recently
split off from another larger club
to form our own organization.
You know the old thing; somebody can do it better. So obviously we welcome new members
enthusiastically. We have had
one individual that came to us
several months ago. He doesn’t
seem to pull his weight. He just
stands around looking at the
ground when he could be helping set up targets and such. This
individual still does not have a
shotgun to use. So for the last
several months he comes to our
shoots and borrows one. He also
has not been doing anything
with his costume, still wearing
inappropriate attire. Have any
suggestion on how to handle
this? We have spoken to him
about it. He has even given us
money to join.
Puzzled in Idaho
Dear Puzzled,
This is, as they used to say, “a
sticky wicket.” On the one hand, you
want him to come around and get
with the program. On the other, you
don’t wish to make him mad. I
think the answer may be staring
you in the face. I don’t know what
the “dues” are, but here’s what I suggest: Give him his money back. Tell
him to put it to use buying a shotgun, and the other accoutrements.
When he has all the correct “minimum gear,” tell him he can come to
shoot. Be sure you are specific with
what he needs to do. Is it a holster
September 2008
SEVENTY PLUS
AND CRUISING
By Palaver Pete, SASS Life/Regulator #4375
“With good parenting skills, the
balance can be struck between
education and the shooting sports.”
Y
es, there are many of us SASS’ers,
ladies and gentlemen alike, that
are beyond 70 years of age and still
shooting well in this wonderful sport of
ours. Speaking of age, it’s not so surprising to us more mature Cowboys
and Cowgirls that both the game of
Cowboy Action Shooting™ and its
mother entity, the Single Action
Shooting Society (SASS) are rapidly
approaching 30-years of age—some
say the sport is already 30 years old.
In any event, seems like it all started
just yesterday … didn’t it?
Many of us have matured right
along with the sport, enjoying to the
hilt the years we have participated,
and wishing the game had started
much sooner in our lives, when we
wore the clothes of younger people.
Think of the fun we could have had if
the game started during the heyday of
Dear BILLY . . .
problem, a boot problem, whatever?
This may annoy him, and he may not
come back, but he needs to understand there are rules. This may be a
difficult thing. Your timing is good,
since Shorty in Wyoming may have a
shotgun for sale.
western television, when Roy, Gene,
Maverick, Wyatt, and Paladin were top
of the heap! The fact the game is aging
also means the players are maturing
at the same pace, indicating that SASS
should be considering adding age
related categories. I suggest a CENTURION Category for those over 90
years of age and who are approaching
the century mark. Hey, that’s not a
joke—yours truly will be there in 16
years … don’t laugh!
The funny part about this joyous
ride called Cowboy Action Shooting™
is the pards I started shooting with
are also on the fast track to Elder
Statesman and Grand Dame, and
when considering the alternative,
that ain’t too bad. Why heck, I was
just a young pup of 59 years when I
first strapped on a pair of Colts and
pinned my SASS badge proudly on
my suspenders. When we “oldies”
started playing this game, we didn’t
think about age, but now that we find
ourselves filling-up the age related
Dear Billy,
I want to get a pocket pistol.
What do you think would be a
good one to get?
Hideout in Missouri
Dear Hideout,
Any pocket pistol would be a good
one if you can throw it and hit a mansize target at 10 feet.
categories, reality has hit us like a
ton of bricks. We are getting older,
and so is SASS.
Okay, so we’re all getting older,
and SASS is getting a wee-bit age
heavy at the top, and some of us are
getting a little heavier around the middle, but that seems to be the normal
progression of things. If it’s any consolation, this “age heavy” phenomenon is
happening in every venue of the shooting sports, and all of us (venues, that
is) are looking for younger participants
to replenish diminishing ranks—competing, of course, with the technological world of cell phones, computers, televisions, and video games. Our youth
of today no longer hunt small game
after school. No, today’s young ones
are too busy designing web pages or
developing profiles on You Tube. But
don’t let that upset you—-be proud
your kids and grand kids are smart
enough to do that.
Of course, it’s important for young
people to remain abreast of technological advancements; there’s no arguing
that, but with the proper nurturing, a
shrewd parent can interest them in
shooting as well. How do you do that?
Well, it depends on each individual
family—dads and moms know their
kids best and what will work for them.
In my case, introducing my grand kids
first to spring-cocking Air Soft Gun’s,
followed up with BB Gun’s got them
Palaver Pete,
SASS Life/Regulator #4375
interested. Kids like to hit the bullseye, just as we adults do. I had help
from my son-in-law, Irish Jack Riley,
SASS #9238, who purchased soft air
guns for his boys and taught them
safety, as well as how to shoot. Now
the boys want to do Cowboy Action
Shooting™, indicating that with good
parenting skills, the balance can be
struck between education and the
shooting sports.
Make no mistake about it though,
the backbone of Cowboy Action
Shooting™ and SASS remains the
Social Security bunch. It doesn’t look
like the pendulum is going to swing
the other way any too soon, so in the
interim, SASS should be thinking of
more age related categories that go
beyond 90. I promise to stick around
to be one of the first to sign up for that
Centurion Category, and if all goes
right, those grand kids of mine will
help push my cart around and make
sure I have plenty of water to drink.
Oh well, they may be younger, but I
can still beat them at Trap Shooting.
How are you, dear reader, doing with
your kids and grand kids?
Cowboy Action Shooting™ is now
30 years old? Nah can’t be! Thanks
for hearing me out, Pards!
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September 2008
DISPATCHES FROM
CAMP BAYLOR
By Captain George Baylor, SASS Life #24287
Capt. George Baylor,
SASS #24287 Life
END of TRAIL
here’s END of TRAIL, and
there’s everything else.
I’m
always stunned when someone tells
me he’s not attending END of TRAIL
by choice. I understand when he
can’t go because of work or money or
health or commitments, etc. I don’t
understand when he chooses not to.
“I’m going to blank instead.” There
is no “instead.” A Regional, no matter how good, is not comparable to
END of TRAIL. Winter Range, no
matter how well it is done (and it is
done very well), is the National
Championship. END of TRAIL is
the World Championship. I shot this
year with a bunch of shooters from
Czechoslovakia and Australia. That
doesn’t happen too often at other
events. No other event has the
entertainment END of TRAIL has.
No other event has the number of
vendors. No other event allows you
to shoot for 10 days straight if you do
everything offered. No other event
has the depth of competition END of
TRAIL has. If you do well at END of
TRAIL, you have well and truly
earned your place.
Speaking of Entertainment
The entertainment at END of
TRAIL was world class, too. I don’t
get to see the acts playing during the
day. No time. But the Friday and
Saturday evening shows were outstanding. For example, Miss Tabitha
should be on Broadway, and Peaches
O’Day is a spectacular Mae West.
Two Weeks at the RV Park
We got there Tuesday, June 10th,
and left Monday, June 23. We were
there for everything, and we loved
every minute of it. Several people
came by for The Redhead’s
Margaritas—at all hours.
T-Bone Dooley and
Nuttin’ Graceful’s Double
Barreled Shotgun Course—
SASS University
Great course. Nothing in it was
wasted. No time was wasted. It was
T
pretty well packed with information
and ideas. These guys are among
the best shooters in SASS, as well as
being nice guys. Several of their students are World Champions. If you
find them teaching a class where you
are, take it.
Vendors
I talked to every vendor who
would talk to me. Some were very
successful. Some were not. I could
usually guess which would be successful before I asked. If you sell
something consumable that shooters
need, you were probably successful.
Great Basin Cartridge Company, for
example, virtually sold out—early. A
lot of shooters who fly use their
ammunition, particularly the blackpowder substitute ammo, rather
than trying to ship ammo or pay
excess baggage charges.
Don Ziegler at American Pioneer
Powder sold almost everything the
day he opened. He just didn’t bring
enough powder. This isn’t surprising.
American Pioneer Powder is among
the best blackpowder substitutes, and
his prices can’t be beaten. I know several shooters who buy a year’s supply
every year at END of TRAIL.
Gunther Cartright of Off The
Wall Gun Carts was moving several
of his high quality gun carts. I saw
several obviously brand new,
unpainted, unstained carts being
used by happy shooters. Gun carts
are must-have items for Cowboy
Action Shooting™ competitors, but
really nice, not cheap, high quality
ones are usually considered a luxury
item by most shooters. His customers know the difference.
The Brisco Kid and Kiamichi
Queen of Cowboy Shooters Supply
were selling primers and powder like
hotcakes all week. All of the gunsmiths who set up shop were continually busy, and at least three
engravers stayed busy. The phenomenon of people getting X dollars of
engraving on guns every time they
see their favorite engraver until the
gun is completely engraved is growing. Doing it in affordable chunks is
more painless to the wallet than all
at once. It also avoids shipping your
precious guns.
People who didn’t know their
market probably didn’t do well.
Times are tough. Many shooters put
the money they had planned on
spending on some “luxury” item in
the fuel tank instead. If they were
going to, for example, buy clothes,
they were looking for something special, or they wouldn’t spend it. The
prices had to be good, and the quality
excellent. Knicknacks and art probably didn’t do well. Luxury items, the
hats and suits, were going slowly
simply because of the price of fuel.
We have to have ammunition and
guns that work, but the old hat will
last another year. If you want to be
successful vending at SASS matches,
find a product we have to have, at
least while fuel prices aren’t so high.
Race Ready Guns
Race-ready guns sold. Every
model was back-ordered by the time
the main match started. Tammy at
Taylor’s told me the supply of Smoke
Wagons has never caught up with
demand (which is why I haven’t gotten one to test yet.) Buffalo Sam
Peed at EMF sold all of the Great
Western II Customs he brought and
took orders. Long Hunter did the
same with his special Rodeos. All of
the gunsmiths producing race-ready,
short-stroked ‘73s are backordered.
Does all of this tell you something?
(“If you build it, they will come.”)
Speaking of Race-Ready Guns
A friend had two guns go south
on him, and we went looking for
race-ready guns to replace them so
he could shoot the match. At EMF
Buffalo Sam Peed said he didn’t have
any to sell, “but here, use mine.” At
Long Hunter Shooting Supply, Long
Hunter said, “Here, use mine.” He
went off to test fire them and choose
which to shoot. That’s SASS. It
doesn’t get any better than that.
Cowboy Clay
Cowboy Clay is a Buckaroo. He
shot the Plainsman match. For those
of you unfamiliar with the
Plainsman side match, it is the manliest of all categories. You shoot two
percussion pistols, one handed, a SXS
or lever action shotgun, and a single
shot rifle shooting an Old West caliber. Everything shoots blackpowder.
Clay showed up with a Remington
and a Colt, a .38-55 Handi-Rifle, and
a 12 gauge double and shot the
match, loading the percussion pistols
by himself. Did you catch the part
about him being a Buckaroo?
Those of you who have told me
you’re not up to shooting Plainsman
or Frontiersman because of the difficulty of managing percussion pistols,
please re-read the above paragraph.
Master Guns Scott
Sunday after the awards ceremony we had several people over for
Margaritas. One was Master Guns
Scott, a Marine Master Gunnery
Sergeant. That’s E-9, the highest
enlisted rank. (The Judge, another
Marine, told me Master Guns Scott
was the third highest-ranking enlisted man in the Corps.) Master Guns
Scott came to END of TRAIL as a
Conventioneer, being new to the
sport.
I had met him at the
Convention, where he came to learn
about us. He had been wounded in
the sand box and had been sent to
California. He had been on active
duty for 31 years. His wounds had
resulted in cochlear implants, which
would bar him from another assignment in harm’s way. Thus, he has
chosen to retire soon.
While at END of TRAIL as a
Conventioneer, he made a lot of
friends. Some of his friends talked
him into shooting the warm up match
with them. After he did, they told him
to go to the admin office and pay the
extra money to be a contestant. He
shot too well not to. So he did. He is
now the World Champion in Precision
Pistol—at his first ever SASS match!
(Marines probably aren’t surprised.)
While in the bus, he mentioned
he would like to be a member of the
Dooley Gang. Well, the Dooley Gang
bus had left, and, taking the initiative, I gave him my original Dooley
Gang sleeve garter. I haven’t seen
the Dooley Gang bylaws lately, and I
don’t know if I have the authority to
make him a member. But, I know he
should be.
The Redhead was surprised that
I would give him my precious sleeve
garter. I replied, “I wouldn’t have
done it for anyone else.”
September 2008
“THE GUNNY” TRIES
COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING™
By Chuckaroo , SASS Life #13080
there was nothing I didn’t like about him.
have a hard time counting the many good things
Almost six hours of work to produce a few minutes of the show
that have happened in my life since I began
went by so fast, it was over in what seemed like an instant. If we
Cowboy Action Shooting™. I am talking about the
don’t make the cutting room floor, look for us and Cowboy Action
non-shooting opportunities and rewards brought
Shooting™ on the History Channel in September.
about by participation in the sport.
In total, it was another great benefit of being involved in
Over the last 11 years, our Damascus
Cowboy Action Shooting™. It gives back in many ways.
Wildlife Rangers have had a lot of outside expoMy thanks to SASS members Dogmeat Dad, SASS #48563, Lil
sure. Like many of you, we have had several posFeathers, SASS #48564, Sandia Sidewinder, SASS #55549, Lab
itive newspaper articles. This includes one by
Logan, SASS #55501, Tug Hill, SASS #15764, Doo Hickey, SASS
the historically anti-gun Washington Post.
#48565, Tom Toben, SASS #17741, and Pyro Dex, SASS #48566 for
In addition, we were invited in costume to the
helping with the set up and background acting. opening of the TV Premier of “Into The West.”
They wanted cowboys with shooting irons to add
to the atmosphere. This was unique, as we were in
downtown Baltimore packing our shooting irons!
We were contracted to rob trains on a local
vintage train route. The tourist attraction was
very popular, and our train robberies were a big
hit, shooting and all!
We got to act as background actors for the
movie “One Eyed Horse” (due out this summer).
Some of the cowpokes got speaking parts and did
quite well.
Comcast sent a crew to our Maryland State match to film the event for a
half-hour television show on the match. We have also provided cowboys for
print ads.
Recently, we had one of our most exciting events. R. Lee Ermey, also know
as The Gunny, is a retired Marine Gunnery Sgt., actor, patriot, and TV host.
Many of us know him from the History Channel’s “Mail Call.” He also had a
major role as the drill instructor in the movie “Full Metal Jacket.”
I was contacted by Beyond Productions, a Bethesda based production
company. They wanted assistance filming a pilot for a new TV show.
Tentatively called “Lock and Load,” the Gunny will be the host. The first
episode of the show is on the history of the rifle. A portion of the show
covers our favorite, the Winchesters. The producers decided throwing
in a Cowboy Action Shooting™ segment would be a good addition to
the program.
A producer came to our club and scouted the range and really liked
a stage we had with a storefront. We set up a date for the shoot. The
plan was for me to talk one on one with Gunny about the 1866, 1873,
and 1892 Winchester rifles. There was no script. It was 100% ad lib
and off the cuff. Gunny made it easy, but making everything up as you
go is a little nerve racking. To everyone’s surprise, we got it on the 1st
take! They had us do several additional takes, just in case.
After the history lesson, we shot the rifles and discussed the sport of
Cowboy Action Shooting™. Gunny is very concerned about the future of
the shooting sports and wanted to know about the involvement of the juniors. His support for our youth shows through. He believes we need to do
everything we can to encourage the shooting sports with our youngsters.
He admits he is not a Hollywood type, and he is proud of that.
We did shoot a full stage with all of the firearms. He was very complimentary about the gun handling abilities of Cowboy Action Shooters.
He actually enjoys playing the goof, so there was no surprise when he was
a little slower than me. Gunny did have fun and wondered how he could
find the time to do it more often.
Chuckaroo and Mail Call’s “Gunny” discuss the history of the
His bio describes him as a character actor. But, let me tell you, he
Winchester lever rifle and Cowboy Action Shooting™ for an upcoming episode of
the History Channel’s new series, Lock and Load.
is not a character; he is for real. What you see is what you get, and
I
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September 2008
. WONDERFUL COSTUMES AT TH
Best Sutler Display – Buckaroo Bobbins.
Best Dressed Lady Sutler
– Laced Lady,
SASS #58500.
The winners of the Wild Bunch Team Match
Costume Contest (l-r) Evil Roy, J. T. Wild,
Holy Terror (complete with beard!), and
Happy Jack.
Best Dressed Sutler Man
– The Brisco Kid, as
“The Duke.”
Best Shooting Costumes – Juniors
Cowboy Clay and Pixie Powder.
Best Lady Conventioneer –
Granny Getchergun.
Best Conventioneer-Man –
Will Bonner.
Best Male Waddie
Costume – Captain Cooper
This fabulous outfit, a
19th Century fur trapper,
took Captain Cooper a
year to assemble. Nearly
all the pieces are vintage,
as well as all his accessories shown to the judges.
Truly outstanding!
Best Ladies Shooting Costumes –
Sweet Violet, Lazy K, and Silver Heart.
Best Female
Waddie Costume –
Lily Orleans Mason.
Best Men’s Shooting Costumes –
Slim Weed, Captain George Baylor, Cowtown Scout.
Best Guncart – El Gato Gordo.
September 2008
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. Soiled Doves .
HE 27TH ANNUAL END
WONDERFUL
COSTUMES AT THE
27TH ANNUAL
END OF TRAIL . . .
(Continued from page 16)
Film legend Marlene Dietrich
was “Frenchy” in “Destry Rides
Again,” and the film was featured in
one of the stage scenarios, so I asked
Mad Mountain Mike and Miss
Tabitha to design a rhinestone outfit
for me similar to the one Ms. Dietrich
wears in that classic film. They did
and it was a rhinestone (1700
Swarovski crystals) extravaganza.
Creek Harding nearly fell out of his
chair when I belted out a line from
“See What the Boys in the Backroom
Will Have” at the end of the Best
Dressed Costume Awards!
The B-Western participants also
dressed as characters in the movies,
although newer ones. K. C. Woody
looked adorable as Woody from “Toy
Story.” Texas Jack Daniels was all
decked out as Ralphie from
“Christmas Story,” and Tijuana Rose
and La Bandida came as Selma
Hayek and Penelope Cruz’ s characters from “Bandidas.” Two Ponies
and Two Ponies Gal, from Alabama,
represented the roles Native
Americans played in many BWestern films, and their fabulous
beaded and feathered outfits were
self-made.
I don’t have enough room in this
column to describe all the marvelous
period costumes that folks proudly
displayed, but there were many.
Noteworthy was the vintage 1870
dress worn by New Mexico’s Granny
Getchergun that belonged to her
step-grandfather’s mother. To find a
vintage dress in nearly pristine condition after 138 years and then being
able to wear it is a treasure indeed.
Also, first place winner in both the
Shooting Costume-Man and Best
Dressed Man, Slim Weed, was a
vision of sartorial splendor as an
1870’s merchant from Weed, New
Mexico, and dressed to the hilt for a
night at the Opera. His very talented spouse, Lazy K, makes his outfits,
as well as hers, and hers are spectacular also.
So now it’s time to look at the
photos, the list of costume winners,
and start planning for next year’s
costume contests at END of TRAIL!
(Wildcat
Kate
will
cover
Mounted Costume Contests under a
separate article.)
See more
COSTUME WINNERS
on page 34
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Soiled Dove Winners (l-r) 1st place, Tijuana Rose & La Bandida; 2nd place, Grumpy in the Morning;
3rd place, Virginia Bright Eyes. Emcees T-Bone Dooley and Ringo Fire enjoy the view.
Maybe Alchemista is practicing Spanish
after the Soiled Doves Contest?
Deadwood Stan knows how to live!
Parlour House Madam Winners (l-r)
1st place, Esperanza; 2nd place, Shotglass (with
her protegee’); 3rd place, Calamity Crickette.
Honey Hush is ready to sign up the contestants for
the Soiled Doves/Parlour House Madams Costume
Contest while Judge Billy Dixon looks on.
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September 2008
THE TINKERBELL SYNDROME
By Rascal Rick, SASS #51258
Rascal Rick, SASS #51258
this tends to make things much
worse. The good news is we can
regain most of these physical attributes with exercise.
I am here to testify these exercises do help. I believe this so sincerely
I want to pass them on to you.
Though I still can’t beat San Juan or
Evil Roy, I definitely feel more surefooted. I am taking longer steps during my Cowboy Action Shooting™.
Goodbye, Tinkerbell!
The following exercises take
about 20 minutes a day. You should
do these exercises at least four times
a week. When starting out, it is best
W
ith the majority of Cowboy
Action Shooters being 50 years
old and older, this story will be of
interest to most of you. But before I
get to the meat of this article, I
would like to explain to you “The
Tinkerbell Syndrome.”
I have some great partners with
whom I shoot, and I would ride the
river with all of them. And, as
friends, we, of course, rib each other
about as much as others do. But how
would you like to be told you “run
like Tinkerbell?” Okay, so I take
small steps when running from position to position. I’ve even pointed
out to these outlaws that Tinkerbell
flies, she doesn’t run. I guess they
say if she did run, she would take
tiny steps. The ribbing doesn’t bother me as much as the fact that if I
take small steps, it is going to take
me longer to get from point A to
point B, and my stage times will be
longer. With larger steps, maybe I
can knock off a second or two. Being
62 years old, in the Senior category, I
need all the help I can get.
Enter the heroine of this story,
my physical therapist. Not only does
she know her PT stuff, but also she’s
the type of gal that most cowpokes
would ride a long trail with just in
hopes of getting a smile from her.
After running me through a bunch of
tests to check my balance, focus, eye
tracking, and yes–running, she gave
me a series of exercises to work on.
During our first session she also
mentioned as we age the part of our
brain
that
helps
us
with
balance/coordination does not function as well as when we were
younger. Therefore, we begin to compensate by walking slower, taking
smaller steps, being more cautious,
and experiencing less flexibility. All
1
to find a corner to stand in and put a
chair in front of you. This is just for
safety in the event you fall or lose
your balance. After awhile, you will
not need this precaution.
1. Hold a business size card, with a
large “X” marked on the back, in
your hand at arm’s length.
Keeping your head facing forward, move the card from left to
right, moving your eyes focused
on the “X.” Do not move your
head. Do this for 20 repetitions.
One repetition is eyes going right
to left and back again.
Note: Always stop between exercises to regain your balance or
dizziness before continuing.
2. Repeat #1, but follow with your
eyes as you move the “X” up and
down. Do this also for 20 repetitions. (Photo #1)
3. Tape your “X” card on the wall at
eye level. At arm’s length, focus
your eyes on the “X” while moving
your head from left to right, right
to left. Do this for 20 repetitions.
4. Repeat #3, focusing your eyes on
the “X” but move your head up
and down, 20 times. (Photo #2)
5. In your corner, move your head 20
repetitions left to right and right
to left, fairly quickly. My neck
made all kinds of popping noises
when I did this, but shouldn’t
pain you.
6. Repeat #5, but move your head
(chin) up and down 20 repetitions. Again, if you get dizzy, wait
2
until it clears before continuing.
(Photo #3)
7. Holding your head level, hands at
side, walk 50 feet and at the same
time, move your head back and
forth, as you did in #5.
8. Repeat #7, but move your head
(chin) up and down as you walk.
THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES ARE ADVANCED SO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU DO THEM AS
YOU CAN BECOME DIZZY AND
FALL, SO TAKE IT SLOWLY. You
might want someone standing by
until you get the hang of these.
9. In your corner, give yourself
enough room to make one 360degree turn with your body, once
to the left and once to the right,
eyes open. Work up to three times
to the left and three times to the
right. If you get dizzy, STOP to
clear your head. BE CAREFUL!
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10. Repeat #9, but do the turns with
your eyes closed.
Be careful with this and don’t
lose your balance. Work up from
one time around to three times,
each way. Stop after the turns to
regain your balance.
11. This one is tough. Standing in
your corner, with a chair in front
of you, put one foot in front of the
other, heel to toe. Stand there to
a count of ten. If you feel confident with eyes open, try this
with eyes closed. With practice,
you will be able to do this, but be
careful.
12. Find a safe place that has a step.
With eyes closed, step up with
one foot, step up with other foot,
then step down with first foot
and step down with second foot.
Do ten repetitions, carefully.
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13. Another one that improves with
practice: In a hall that gives you
support on both sides, take 10
steps, heel to toe with your eyes
open. (Photo #4)
14. I end my sessions by just running around two trees in my
back yard that are about 35 feet
apart. I make six laps around
both trees, picking up speed each
lap. IMPORTANT: Keep your
head level, swing your arms, and
put your heels down first. I find
that by raising up my knees a little higher, it forces me to put my
heels down first (instead of toe
first). I love this part of my exercise regime even though I am out
of breath. But I feel like a kid
again, running like a gazelle
(sort of,) and not like some old
geezer (maybe a young geezer).
September 2008
“LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS” . . .
But Daley is not just another
mayor—part of New York City billionaire Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s
urban gun ban cabal—he’s the
Mayor for the presumptuous
wannabe President, Barack Obama.
Daley is the political boss to
whom Obama owes his allegiance.
Remember, just two years ago,
Obama was an unknown Illinois
State Senator representing Chicago,
as one of Daley’s minions.
Again, Daley’s handgun ban—
which mirrors the unconstitutional
D.C. ban—has the specific hard-line
approval of Obama.
After the historic Heller decision
that
recognized
the
Second
Amendment as protecting a preexisting individual right codified by
the Founding Fathers in the Bill of
Rights, Obama stuck to his position
that the Chicago ban was acceptable.
Obama’s mentor, Mayor Daley,
was “livid” over the Court’s decision
saying:
“Every Mayor will be outraged
over this. Why should we allow more
and more guns in our homes? Could
you see everyone having guns in
their home?”
Yep, I sure can. A huge percentage of American householders are
there already.
I have a simple answer to Daley
and his protégée, Barrack Obama,
and to all those who would ban and
confiscate any category of now-lawful firearms from any peaceable
American:
“As law-abiding, free, and
responsible gun-owning Americans
WE MUST KEEP GOVERNMENT
OUT OF THE WRONG HANDS!”
Ours is the only nation in the
world where the happiness of its
individual citizens is paramount.
And that pursuit of happiness is
what the anti-gun crowd hates. It’s
not guns they hate. It’s us.
They hate us for being free. And
there is no group among us that is
immune from that hatred. There is
no shooting discipline that is safe.
In my travels, I sometimes hear
gun-owners
make
disparaging
remarks about some type of hardware or another.
Take the .50 BMG shooters and
collectors. When California created
its ban on the big 50, it did so by
declaring them to be “semi-automatic assault rifles.” Insane. The media
never questioned. The vast majority
of guns banned were single-shot
bolt-guns—1880’s technology.
Sometimes I hear some gun owners say about the hardware of other
gun owners, “nobody needs that.”
I counter with, “Would you say,
who needs freedom?”
The answer is, “we all do.” It
comes down to who needs “Life,
Liberty or the Pursuit of Happiness.”
As I read through the latest
issue of The Cowboy Chronicle, I
realized that SASS shooters are
among the happiest people in any
shooting sport. But with the possibility of an Obama Administration
looming, we who have a passion for
Cowboy Action Shooting™ are in the
same danger as those who are
presently targets of the anti-gun
media and politicians.
For the less politically savvy
among our gun-owning friends, we
must press the simple fact we are all
in the same boat. That old saw
about the man saying, “It ain’t leaking in my end of the boat,” has never
been more true.
I need your help to find every
hunter, every recreational shooter,
every rifle, shotgun, or handgun
owner, and every law-abiding, freedom-loving American patriot, and
transform them into informed,
engaged, energized, registered, and
ready-to-roll “Freedom First Voters”
on Election Day.
If your friends, co-workers, and
family members are not registered,
help them get registered to vote.
Then, please, find every gun owner
and hunter you know and get them
registered to vote. Remind them
that every vote counts—especially
this year!
For information on how to register to vote in your state, or any state,
go
to
www.nraila.org/vote2008
today!
I know you will do your part to
make sure at the end of the day
November 4th. Second Amendment
voters will have made the difference
and defeated the Obama machine.
The future of the Second
Amendment, for our children and
grandchildren, depends on it.
THE TINKERBELL SYNDROME . . .
That’s all there is to it. Again,
this takes only about 20 minutes
and perhaps will enable you to take
on the more agile “youngsters” at
your next cowboy shoot. Special
thanks to Kristin for checking this
over for accuracy.
Disclaimer: I do not claim or
profess to be a trained physical
therapist. The exercises I have
described above may not be right
for you. The best advice would be
for you to spend an hour with a
trained physical therapist to be
evaluated, and for her/him to develop exercises to better fit your needs.
Happy Trails.
Credit: For the drawings by VHI
Balance & Vestibular Rehabilitation
therapy cards, Luz Garavito RPT,
and Kris Kreitzer RPT
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September 2008
DR. GOODFELLOW-
THE GUNFIGHTER’S SURGEON
By Celtic Knight, SASS #68617
L
ife on the American frontier was
never easy. It was defined as
much by physical risk as by uncomfortable living conditions. This was
particularly true in the mining
towns that seemingly blossomed
overnight in the wake of gold and silver strikes. The promise of easy
money and “gold nuggets as big as
horse turds” were always magnets
for the gamblers, gunslingers,
crooked politicians, whores, card
sharps, con men, and whiskey drummers who drifted from place to place
relieving miners of their pokes.
Arguments abounded over mining
claims, property boundaries, the
affections of a soiled dove, gambling
losses, being cheated in a business
deal, or from just plain meanness.
As a result, anger and booze-fueled
gunfights were common.
Because it was the lawman’s job
to control such violence but not to
eliminate it, he was just naturally a
target for every gun thug who had a
reputation to polish or some peawit
who had taken on a load of 90 proof
“who-hit-John.” To head off potential
gunplay, Virgil Earp and his brothers, Wyatt and Morgan, popularized
a sort of frontier come-along called
“buffaloing.” As clearly depicted in
the movies, Tombstone (1993) and
Wyatt Earp (1995) it meant laying a
swift, well placed blow with the Colt
.45 hog’s leg along side the troublemaker’s skull. Since those good old
days, police officers have been taught
for generations not to use their
sidearms in that manner mainly
because: 1) you can render a pistol
inoperative using it as a club, 2) it
creates the occasion, and opportunity, for being disarmed by the
‘thumpee’, or, worse, 3) you might
accidentally discharge the weapon
into your partner, and long experience has shown that partners detest
being shot, even accidentally. But in
the days before billy clubs, night
sticks, saps, or pepper spray, the
ruggedly constructed, single action
revolver with a 7 1/2" barrel, weighing approximately 3 lbs fully loaded,
provided a convenient and highly
effective law enforcement tool for the
lone lawman.
Not surprisingly in such an environment, being fired upon was
always a threat and being hit was a
frightening prospect. Even though
some wounds were much worse than
others, it was common knowledge
that an abdominal wound was nearly always fatal, particularly as delivered by the popular .44 and .45 caliber slug. Once belly-wounded, the
most that could be done was to make
the wounded man comfortable until
he died. Usually that meant praying
with him, witnessing his will,1 and
pouring large amounts of alcohol or
laudanum2 down his throat to ease
the pain. Forget the admonition not
to give a stomach wound liquid. He
wasn’t going to live long enough for
it to make any difference. However
for the gut-shot pistolero in the
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Arizona Territory3 of the 1880’s,
there was a glimmer of hope ... he
still had a chance at survival. That
is, if he was in close enough proximity to receive timely treatment from
one of the most remarkable surgeons
on the western frontier.
Dr. George Goodfellow attended
Tombstone, Arizona’s wounded and
dying shootists from 1879 until he
moved to Tucson to become that
town’s physician in 1891. With good
reason, he became known as the
gunfighter’s surgeon. In his time he
treated such notables as Doc
Holliday, Morgan Earp, Virgil Earp,
and Billy Clanton.
The handsome, gun toting
Goodfellow was known as an irascible, hard drinking, lady’s man, a
championship boxer, and possessed
of surgical talents not commonly
found among mining town doctors.
In fact, as events would show, his
skills were without equal in the medical profession of the late 1800’s.
Above all, as history tells us, he was
a man light years ahead of his profession, particularly in his treatment of
trauma patients. He possessed that
blend of competence, arrogance, and
supreme self-confidence that made
him the best of the best of frontier
surgeons in 19th century America.
Goodfellow is remembered not
only as a healer, but also from time
to time, for inflicting the very stripes
that would later call for his medical
expertise. The same aggressive
qualities that made him a top notch
surgeon led him into frequent difficulties with the authorities. Being a
hot-head only accelerated the
process. As a young man of 18, he
had been expelled from the U.S.
Naval Academy for fighting.
Basically unreformed at 34, he got
himself in a brawl with unusually
unfortunate consequences.
This
time he stabbed an adversary with
such deadly effect the wound put
him beyond all earthly help.
(Goodfellow’s hide-out weapon of
choice was a triple edged 4" Italian
poniard [dagger] with a triangular
base at the hilt tapering to a needle
sharp point). The court found the
death as a result of mutual combat
and fined the good doctor $25 for carrying a concealed weapon.4 In certain respects, this veneer of violence
over a core of intelligent gentility, Dr.
Goodfellow reminds us of his contemporary, dentist Doc Holliday,
including the fact that each carried a
concealed blade as back up to his six
gun. As both men proved time and
again, it was a dangerously mistaken belief on the part of their adversaries to regard them as being easy
marks in a savage environment
because they came from good families, were well educated, and possessed professional status.
In the southwest of Wyatt Earp,
Doc Holliday, and the Cowboy gang,
Dr. Goodfellow was ideally situated
to refine his surgical techniques.
Due in large part to a confluence of
circumstances unique to the times
and geographic location, he was performing frequent abdominal and
thoracic surgeries in his Tombstone
office and writing up the results.
This was an age when Goodfellow’s eastern colleagues still
probed a gunshot wound with bare,
un-sterilized fingers even though Dr.
Lister’s technique for “antisepsis
surgery” by means of dilute carbolic
acid had been known since 1865.5
Further, surgically opening the chest
or abdominal cavities to repair gunshot wounds was not an accepted
practice by prevailing medical standards. So, being gut-shot with a
large caliber bullet was usually
fatal, in a hurry if by hemorrhage, or
lingering if by peritonitis. By whatever means it occurred, death from
such a cause was always painful, and
as a consequence, much dreaded.
Tombstone of 1880-82 was widely regarded as a condensation of
wickedness. This condition is reflected in the 1970 John Wayne hit,
Chisum. In a signature line of the
movie, Mr. Pepper (Ben Johnson)
opines that “there is no law west of
Dodge and no God west of the Pecos.”
Actually Mr. Pepper was echoing a
popularly held belief portrayed in
films since the 1939 Errol Flynn
movie, Dodge City, when Dr. Irving
(Henry Travers) observes there “was
no law west of Chicago and west of
Dodge, no God.”
It is easy to forget, in this age of
police professionalism, that almost
everywhere on the frontier in the
1870’s and ‘80’s, controlling the
tough, unpleasant, and violent men
who populated the west often called
for the special services of equally as
tough, unpleasant, and violent men
to wear the badge. Mining town lawmen were no better nor worse than
the communities they policed. They
reflected the same magnificence and
malevolence, the same qualities of
mercy and meanness, found among
the frontier population at large. A
pre-employment background investigation, if any was done at all on a
prospective lawman, was a fast check
of the wanted posters in the
Marshal’s office, and the interview
probably went something like this:
“Where’ve you been, son?” “Can you
shoot (pistol, rifle, shotgun)?” “Ever
kill a mare?” “Is the law after you?”
There were no right answers. As a
logical consequence, some men were
given authority who never should
have had a badge. The result often
translated into unnecessary gun play.
The commercial success of most
mining boom towns was defined by
the wealth of precious metals
removed from the ground; but, such
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DR. GOODFELLOW-THE GUNFIGHTER’S SURGEON . . .
towns are best remembered today
not for nuggets and ore taken from
the ground, but by tales of the ferocious gunmen who terrorized those
places and worked enthusiastically
at putting men into the earth.
Thanks to the countless gambling
halls and saloons that served busthead whiskey in quantities that
would make a hamster fight an alley
cat, Dr. Goodfellow never ran short of
patients on which to perfect his surgical skills.
It is worth keeping in mind that
Colt’s very popular .45 caliber
Peacemaker was designed for quick
work at close quarters. Its 40-grain
blackpowder charge could drive a
thumb sized, 250-grain slug at 910
feet per second. The bullet itself,
though moving at a relatively slow
speed, was capable of smashing
through a 3-3/4" pine board at 50
yards.6 In human terms, this translated into one horrendous wound
whether the soft lead projectile
struck bone or intestines. Wounds
were usually of a nasty sort as most
gun fights took place within a distance of 5 to 15 feet.7 In fact, combatants were often close enough to set
each other’s clothes on fire from the
muzzle blast of their pistols as
marked the tragic end of Marshal Ed
Masterson in Dodge.8
Decisive and timely action was
always critical in a gunfight. Truly,
he who hesitated was lost. The
importance of when to shoot is underlined in the 1957 movie, Tin Star,
when old time lawman, (Henry
Fonda) saves a greenhorn sheriff
(Anthony Perkins) from being ventilated by bad guy (Neville Brand).
Afterwards Fonda counsels Perkins,
warning him that he had come within
an angel’s breath of experiencing time
turned into eternity because “you
were listening to what he was saying,
not watching what he was doing.”
An 1876 honors graduate of
Wooster University School of
Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr.
Goodfellow had, by 1879, already
been published in the Medical Record
on the procedure for treating internal
hemorrhage and draining blood and
other fluids from chest and abdominal cavities as the result of gunshot
wounds.9 It was Goodfellow’s strongly held belief that failure to surgically repair such wounds was an act of
criminal negligence. But, for all the
effect he had on his big city brethren,
he could just as well have been shouting down a gopher hole or talking to
a Saguaro cactus. Largely ignored by
his eastern colleagues as just another frontier sawbones, Goodfellow’s
article on thoracentesis,”10 had it
been studied, might well have given
President Garfield’s physicians critical insights in the fight to save his
life after he was shot by an assassin
in July 1881.
Sadly, Dr. Goodfellow’s work wasn’t consulted; or, if so, wasn’t taken
seriously, and the 20th President of
the U.S. died, two agonizing months
later, while presumably, under the
best
medical
care
available.
Treatment of Garfield consisted
largely of what was described as
“watchful waiting,” while it was
recorded that the wound continued to
“discharge healthy pus.”11
Some reports say the President
died of infection-circumscribed peritonitis caused by entry of a single
bullet from a .44 cal. British Bulldog,
fired from close range into his back,
approximately midway between his
waist and neck and about 3" to the
right of his spine. The slug came to
rest just below his pancreas. This led
to an abscess cavity along the entire
7" bullet track. It was this infection
along with glandular swelling in his
neck and jaw that led to the initial
conclusion the President died of peritonitis. However, the surgeon performing the post mortem ascribed
Garfield’s death to a different
cause.12 He found the bullet had
nicked the splenic artery.13 That
injury had weakened the artery wall,
which in turn became an aneurysm,14
which in its own turn ruptured. If
this finding is correct, the President
actually bled to death two months
after being shot!15
It is debatable that even if Dr.
Goodfellow had been in attendance
he would have been able to change
the result once the artery ruptured.
However, it is very probable that had
he opened the abdominal cavity
immediately after the shooting, as
was his practice, and located the bullet, he would have discovered the
damaged artery and made the necessary repairs. As a practitioner of
antiseptic surgery, he would have
also taken steps to reduce the introduction and spread of infection. He
certainly would have immediately
stopped the practice of subjecting
Garfield to the excruciating pain of
repeated finger probings of the
infected wound.
The President’s physicians might
have saved his life had they merely
telegraphed Dr. Goodfellow in consultation and solicited his recommendations, if not his presence. In as much
as Goodfellow had access to Southern
Pacific’s “special train,”16 he could
have made it to the President’s bedside in record time. But as history
records, this was not done, and
more’s the pity.
Sadder still, in two reported
cases, nearly identical to the
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President’s, and almost at the same
time, Goodfellow successfully repaired abdominal gunshot wounds
that involved multiple perforations
of the small and large intestines and
bowel with attendant infection.
Typical was one involving miner
Jack Smith who was gut-shot during
a drunken hurrah over a bad turn of
the cards. The bullet entry wound,
from point blank range, propelled by
a much hotter charge than that used
on the President, was one inch below
and to the left of the belly button
with an upward track, exiting
through his back. On July 13, 1881,
Dr. Goodfellow operated on Smith.
Audacious as his technique might
have been for the time, it was the
soul of simplicity. He made an incision parallel to the mid line and to
the left of the bullet hole. Through
this opening the intestines were
extruded and overhauled to locate
and repair each internal wound. The
holes were trimmed and sutured, the
cavity carefully and thoroughly
cleansed with warm water, and the
wound closed. Recovery was slow,
but Smith lived, which was ranked
as a minor miracle given the usual
results of such wounds.
So, the grim irony was in a barely habitable frontier settlement in
the remote southwest, Smith walked
out of the hospital on August 19,
1881,17 saved by the skill of a single
courageous, highly skilled surgeon in
shirt sleeves, while the President of
the United States with similar
wounds struggled for life in the cradle of American civilization surrounded by the highest paid, frockcoated, medical talent available. Go
figure! Himself, a survivor of the
bloodiest single day of the Civil War
at Antietam, in 1862, Garfield would
continue to suffer in the hands of his
timid, hide-bound healers, his life
ebbing slowly away until he finally
called it quits on September 19, 1881.
In November of that year Dr.
Goodfellow testified at the inquest
into the slayings of Billy Clanton,
Tom McLaury, and Frank McLaury
at the OK Corral. Specifically, with
regard to the actions of Wyatt Earp
and Doc Holliday in connection with
those killings, it was Goodfellow’s
highly regarded opinion, based upon
the post mortem exam conducted by
Dr. Henry Matthews, that the
wounds of the deceased thugs were
consistent with their having been
firing six guns at the lawmen as the
Earps and Holliday had stated and
not surrendering with their hands in
the air as testified to by Cowboy witnesses and their associates.18
When he wasn’t performing surgery on shot-up gunslingers or
crushed miners, delivering babies,
performing appendectomies, lancing
boils, setting broken bones, and managing the occasional epidemic, Dr.
Goodfellow continued his research
into treatment and cures for tuberculosis. He also published his medical discoveries on venomous reptile
bites (which were all too common in
the land of rattlesnakes and Gila
monsters) and the remarkable bullet
resistant properties of silk fabric.
Published
in
the
“Scientific
American” and the “Southern
California Practitioner,” these studies give us fascinating insights into
the man himself, as well as the scientific principles he was exploring.19
Like the men he treated, Dr.
Goodfellow was well known for his
bizarre sense of humor. Then as now,
high jinks was an inoculation
against depression and despair. It
brought balance to a life frequently
tattooed by violence, mayhem, and
death. That probably explains why
Goodfellow would occasionally shoot
out the candles at home with his pistol, taking enormous pleasure in the
shocked reaction of his dinner guests
to shattering glass and splintered
wall boards. But the effortless shift
from burlesque to the prosaic is best
exemplified by one of his post
mortem reports on a dead gunfighter, “… found the body to be rich in
lead but not too badly punctured to
hold whiskey.” 20
Goodfellow
remained
in
Tombstone until 1891 when he
assumed the practice of Tucson’s
leading surgeon after that healer
was gunned down. In 1898 he joined
the U.S. Army as General Shafter’s
personal physician during the
Spanish American War. He served in
all the major battles in Cuba, and
being fluent in Spanish, acted as
interpreter and negotiator during
the Spanish surrender. After establishing a successful surgical practice
in San Francisco, Goodfellow would
die of a lingering and unidentified
illness in 1910. He was 54.21
FOR FURTHER READING
Bettman, Otto J. Pictorial History
of Medicine. Springfield, III:
Charles C. Thomas, 1956.
Bliss, Dr. D.D. Record of Post
Mortem Examination of the body
of President J. A. Garfield.
Handwritten report made “18
hours after President Garfield’s
death, September 20, 1881 at
Franeklyn Cottage, Elberson, New
Jersey.” Archived at the
Department of Army’s, Armed
Forces Institute of Pathology,
Washington, D.C. 20306.
Chaput, Don. Dr. Goodfellow.
Tucson: Westernlore Press, 1996.
Dunlop, Richard. Doctors of the
American Frontier. New York:
Ballantine Books, 1965.
Duffy, John. The Healers. New
York: McGrawHill, 1976.
Editors, Guns and Ammo. Guns
and the Gunfighters. New York:
Bonanza Books, 1982.
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Haywood, C. Robert. Cowtown
Lawyers: Dodye City and Its
Attorneys, 1878-1888. Norman:
University of Oklahoma Press,
1986.
Leech, Margaret and Harry J.
Brown. The Garfield Orbit. New
York: Harper & Row, 1978.
Marks, Geoffrey and Wm R. Beatty.
The Story of Medicine in America.
New York: Charles Scribners
Sons, 1973.
Moses, John B., M.D. and Wilbur
Cross, Presidential Courage. New
York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1980.
Myers, John Myers. Tombstone’s
Early Years. Lincoln: University
of Nebraska Press, 1950 & 1995
Bison imprint.
Singer, Charles and E. Ashworth
Underwood. A Short History of
Medicine. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1962.
(Celtic Knight AKA Michael A.
Crane, J.D., is an attorney and a former Oakland Police Officer. He has a
Juris Doctor degree and a Master’s
degree in History. He is author of the
biographical novel about Doc
Holliday and Kate Elder, “A Fistful of
Thorns,” previously reviewed in The
Cowboy Chronicle by Sweetwater Jack.)
ENDNOTES
1. A nuncupative will is an oral one
made during a final illness in con-
2.
3.
4.
5.
templation of imminent death, in
the presence of one or more witnesses. Although, not to be confused with a dying declaration,
the dying lawman’s last statement might contain the elements
of both oral will and dying declaration. For example, “Buckskin
Willie’s the one what used me up.
I know I’m finished. When I’ve
gone over, give my six gun, horse,
and saddle to my sister’s boy,
Philo.”
A horrible tasting concoction of
opium and alcohol which was the
most potent pain killer known at
time. It figured prominently in
the 1976 movie, Shootist, when
Doc Hostetler (Jimmy Stewart)
prescribes it for gunfighter John
Bernard Books (John Wayne) who
is dying from advanced colon cancer. It is also the drug to which
Wyatt Earp’s common-law wife,
Mattie, was reputedly addicted,
as depicted in the 1993 movie
Tombstone and in the 1995 production, Wyatt Earp.
Arizona wasn’t admitted to the
union as the 48th state until
February 14, 1912.
Don Chaput, Dr. Goodfellow~
pg.90.
It was the sense of hopelessness
attached to the stomach wound
that gives us so many western
movies where the seemingly helpless physician simply stuffs strips
of bandage or, my favorite, the
hem of the heroine’s petty coat
that has been dragged through
corral and street dirt, into the
bullet hole to stop major arterial
bleeding. How internal hemorrhage could have remained a
medical mystery after this country’s experience of nearly one million casualties during our four
year long civil war 20 years earlier is the real mystery!
6. Phil Spangenberger, “Colt .45
Peacemaker,” Guns and the
Gunfighters, pg 38.
7. This was due mainly to three factors: 1) most gunfights were spontaneous eruptions fueled by 90
proof courage. It usually happened where one, the other, or
both combatants, in the idiom of
the day, “let his bulldog mouth
overload his Chihuahua ass;” So,
“getting with it” meant just that
... drawing and shooting without
further palaver or planning; 2)
both parties were usually well
and truly drunk and required
propinquity to keep their respective targets in focus; 3) the clouds
of acrid, blue smoke produced by
firing the fixed .44 and .45 cal.
ammo of the day in a confined
space would, after a couple of
shots, tend to obscure the target at
any greater distance.
8. C. Robert Haywood, Cowtown
Lawyers: Dodge City and lts
Attorneys, 1878-1888, pg 81.
9. George E. Goodfellow, “Cause of
Sudden Death in Thoracentesis,”
Medical Record, XVI (November
15, 1879), 476.
10. The surgical procedure for
removing fluids from the chest
and abdomen caused by penetrating wounds.
11. John Duffy, The Healers. pg. 249.
12. Incredibly, at least six of the principal surgeons who were actually
involved in the examination and
treatment of the dying President
also conducted in the post
mortem; namely, Drs. Agnew,
Barnes,
Bliss,
Hamilton,
Reyburn, and Woodward. The
actual dissection was performed
by Dr. D.S. Lamb of the U.S. Army
Medical Museum.
13. This artery branches off the
aorta and feeds the spleen.
14. This type of aneurism, there are
several, is caused when the
artery balloons out at the point of
injury and the bubble created
thereby fills with blood. It ruptures when arterial pressure
becomes too great for the weakened wall to withstand.
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President’s autopsy by U.S Army
surgeon, Dr. J .J. Woodward. On
file at the National Museum of
Health and Medicine, Armed
Forces Institute of Pathology,
Washington, D.C. Also, see John
Moses, Presidential Courage. pg.
120.
16. Don Chaput, Dr. Goodfellow. pg.
102
40.
18. John Myers Myers, Tombstone’s
Early Years, pg. 172.
14. Dr. Goodfellow is also known to
have pioneered one of the first
successful prostate surgeries in
America. In addition, he performed a series of reconstructive
surgeries on the severely injured
face of George Parson after he
had nearly been killed in a hotel
fire and building collapse.
Goodfellow’s surgical skill left
the patient with, in Parson’s own
words, “a fine Roman nose, free
from disfigurement.” Chaput,
Don, Dr. Goodfellow, pg. 36.
15. Richard Dunlop, Doctors of the
American Frontier, pg. 151.
160 Dr. Fish, Goodfellow’s physician, for lack of a specific diagnosis, simply referred to the malady
~ “multiple neuritis.”
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overall World Championship wins
and three overall National Championship wins. In addition, he had
numerous other category wins, especially as a 49’er and Senior competitor in National, Regional, and State
Championships. There was no question he was a formidable competitor
and one of our sport’s greatest champions! Had it not been for an unfortunate ATV accident, China Camp
might have continued his winning
ways at the very top of the lists. As it
was, once he healed he was still a
wonderful competitor, but never
quite re-achieved the same level as
before. However, here is where his
true character began to shine
through. He never left the game. He
worked hard to regain his competitive skills. He remained modest,
helpful, and determined, even
though younger, more agile Cowboy
Action Shooters took his place. He
continued to participate, kept his
family involved, traveled to many
distant matches, and always did his
best. He encouraged, coached, and
gave helpful shooting hints to many
younger competitors. He remained a
true champion and exemplified the
Spirit of the Game.
China Camp was obviously
proud of his family. He not only
encouraged his wife, Prairie Weet,
and daughter, Sweetwater, he also
coached them as much as a husband
and father can … and both ladies
became champions in their own
right. He always beamed such a
happy smile when they all shot
together.
China Camp knew Cowboy
Action was much more than simply
pulling the trigger. As a concession
to Prairie Weet, he learned to dance
to good ol’ country music. He also
understood the role of costuming in
Cowboy Action. True to his heritage,
his family sported outstanding
Chinese costumes in the costume
contests and dressed appropriately
for many of Winter Range’s themed
side events. He was often even seen
pulling a regal Prairie Weet in their
gun cart wagon.
China Camp, of course, had a
very successful life outside Cowboy
Action. He was a well-known doctor
of pharmacy and spent many years
as a reserve police officer in Orange
County, California. After his initial
retirement, he was called back to
continue rendering pharmaceutical
related services. In recent months
he had begun to travel widely … as it
was now time to see the world! He
obviously enjoyed his recent family
trips to China and Egypt and was
actively planning an upcoming trip
to Machu Picchu in Peru.
Shortly after SASS introduced
the notion of a Hall of Fame and
inducted China Camp in the first
year, he volunteered to be the
Chairman of the Induction Committee and to emcee the ceremonies.
This was an outstanding example of
his efforts to “give back” to the game
he loved so much and that had been
so good to him. News of his untimely death was a shock and brought all
Hall of Fame planning activities to
an immediate standstill, however,
his family quickly volunteered to
step in and assume his Hall of Fame
duties. An outstanding tribute to
the family and to the man.
China Camp has left a wonderful
legacy … with family, sport, and life.
He was living life to its fullest, both
on the Cowboy Action field and off.
He was a religious man and at peace
with God. He left us all too soon …
and he’ll be sorely missed.
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THE GREAT .38 SPECIAL AMMO TEST OF ‘08
By Captain George Baylor, SASS #24287
W
hen I got a Great Western II
Custom to test I used the
opportunity to test a wide variety of
.38 Special Blackpowder Substitute
loads, including factory loads. After
all, I had to set up the Ransom Rest
anyway. I threw in some smokeless
factory loads because I had them
available. I also explored whether
Truncated Cone bullets are more
accurate than Round Nose Flat
Point bullets or vice versa. And then
there was the Jim Shockey’s Gold vs.
American Pioneer Powder question,
which blackpowder sub was most
accurate, and so forth.
Equipment Used
I used a target stand design I
had used before for tests like this. A
standard IPSC target would slide in
and out for easy replacement but
wouldn’t move in the wind.
I placed this at 15 yards simply
because Cowtown only has room for
15 yard targets before a steep hill.
A Ransom Rest, on a wooden
mount built to the instructions that
came with it was clamped to a solid
platform in one of Cowtown’s sets,
the one I couldn’t get to move.
Cowtown, north of Phoenix, is
one of the oldest Cowboy Action
Shooting™ facilities in the US. It’s
open to members of the Cowtown
Cowboy Shooters Association all
week, making this easier.
Fifteen feet in front of the gun
was an Oehler 35P Printing Chronograph. The no longer produced
Oehler has a 3rd skyscreen for a
proof channel. If it doesn’t give substantially the same reading as the
longer primary channel, the round
isn’t counted. It does all of the relevant calculations and prints them
out. I placed it 15 ft. rather than 10
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ft. because smoke sometimes screws
up chronograph readings in blackpowder loads.
Both were compliments of
Brownell’s some years back.
The gun used was a brand new
EMF Great Western II Custom, 4-3/4"
barrel, blue and Doug Turnbull bone
case hardening, (which, of course,
makes it more accurate) .357 Magnum. It’s the subject of its own test in
the June ‘08 Cowboy Chronicle. It
proved to be a very accurate SAA, and
thus a great test bed for ammunition.
Black Powder Substitutes
vs. Wholly Black
I adjusted the powder measure
to throw a full case minus room for
the bullet, with a slight compression.
Then I made rounds with Triple
Seven FF, American Pioneer Powder
FFF, Jim Shockey’s Gold FFF, Goex
Pinnacle FFF, and Goex Cowboy.
Goex Cowboy, 125 gr. LRNFP
Desperado Cowboy Bullet (blackpowder compatible lube) averaged
692 ft./sec. with a Standard
Deviation of only 15. Center to center group, measured with Dillon
Digital Calipers, was 2.39". Power
factor was 87. This is a good all
around blackpowder load. I expected
better groups with the low SD and
blackpowder’s supposed superior
accuracy to the substitutes. This is
more proof the only judge of accuracy is a target.
Coal Creek 125 gr. LRNFP bullets were used in comparable 125 gr.
loads (with an exception to be noted).
The same volume of Triple
Seven FF (14 gr. by weight) averaged 821 ft./sec. giving a power factor of 103 and grouped in 1.86 inches. If that doesn’t handle knock(Continued on next page)
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downs, they’re set too stiff!
Substituting American Pioneer
Powder FFF averaged 704 ft./sec.,
power factor 88, and put all six bullets in 1.16 inches.
Going to
American Pioneer Powder’s premium Jim Shockey’s Gold averaged 622
ft./sec., power factor of 78, and
grouped 2.30 inches.
Winner, 125 gr. RNFP full charge
loads: American Pioneer Powder.
105 Gr. Bullets
I compared 105 gr. Truncated
Cone bullets from Colorado Cast
Bullets. With Triple 7 FF the velocity was 850 fps, power factor of 89,
and 1.71 inch group. With American
Pioneer Powder FFF the velocity
was 721, the power factor 76, and
the group 2.19 inches.
Jim
Shockey’s Gold FFF gave a velocity
of 658, power factor of 69, and 2.28
inch group.
Accuracy Winner, 105 gr. TC full
charge loads: Triple 7 FF, but not by
much.
American Pioneer Powder
vs. Jim Shockey’s Gold
That’s twice that American
Pioneer Powder FFF gave more
velocity and tighter groups than
their
premium
powder,
Jim
Shockey’s Gold. Hmm …
Switching to Truncated Cone
125 gr. bullets from S & S Bullets
and the same load of Jim Shockey’s
Gold gave a velocity of 673, power
factor of 84, and 2.22 inches.
The same S & S Bullets with
APP FFF gave a velocity of 672,
same power factor of 84, but 1.14
inch groups.
Winner, APP vs. Jim Shockey’s
Gold, 125 gr. TC full charge loads,
APP.
Jim Shockey’s Gold was
designed for hunters and comes into
its own at longer distances and bigger
cartridges than what we used here.
Minimum (Legal) Smoke Loads
If that hasn’t confused you
enough, let’s look at “Minimum
Smoke Loads.” 10-11 gr. by weight of
most of the substitutes will meet or
exceed the smoke standard. Triple 7
FF and 105 gr. Colorado Cast Bullets
truncated cone bullets averaged 790
grouped in 1.21 inches. Substitute
American Pioneer Powder FFF, and
we get 779 ft./sec., power factor of 82,
and grouped in 1.53 inches.
Winner, reduced charge 105 gr.
TC loads, Triple 7 FF, but, again,
the difference wasn’t what I’d call
significant.
Truncated Cone
vs. Round Nose Flat Point
14 gr. APP FFF behind a S & S
125 gr. TC gave 674 ft./sec., power
factor of 84, and a 1.14 inch group,
while the 125 gr. RNFP from Coal
Creek Bullets gave 704 ft./sec.,
power factor of 88, and a group of
1.16 in. I could be wrong, but in
Cowboy Action Shooting™, I don’t
think 0.02 inches is a significant difference in group sizes.
We’ll call that a draw.
Store Bought Smokey Loads
Ten-X 130 gr. Truncated Cone
blackpowder substitute ammunition
averaged 671 ft./sec., power factor of
87, group of 2.22 in. Ten-X, at the
time, was using the beta version of
Hodgdon’s new blackpowder substitute, name to be determined, but
probably Triple-Seven Cowboy. This
is Triple-Seven reduced in potency to
match real blackpowder. Triple 7 is
about 15% hotter than Goex Cowboy.
The last time I talked to Birdshot, he
said the delay was due to delays getting approval from the Feds to ship
it. But he had gotten the Feds to
allow shipping it in bulk to Ten-X.
Potus, president of Ten-X, added he
was getting a lot of repeat orders on
the blackpowder substitute rounds
and hadn’t gotten any complaints.
Great Basin Cartridge Co. uses
American Pioneer Powder. Their 125
gr. TC load averaged 525 ft./sec. for
a power factor of 66, and it grouped
five shots in 2.15 in.
Winner, blackpowder substitute
commercial .38 Special loads—
depends. The Great Basin will recoil
less. The Ten-X would be better on
knockdowns. Great Basin won the
group contest, but not by what I
would consider a significant amount.
Store Bought Smokeless Loads
Ten-X supplied two loads, a 105
gr. load that averaged 393 ft./sec. for a
power factor of 41 (!), but put all five
in 1.14 inches. Their 130 gr. load
averaged 542 ft./sec. for a power factor of 70, and the smallest group
measured 0.99 in. I’m just guessing
that their 105 gr. load will change a
bit now that SASS has that monster
power factor of 60 for smokeless
loads. Smokey shooters don’t have to
worry. We have The Smoke Standard.
Great Basin sent a 125 gr. TC
load that averaged 674 ft./sec. for a
power factor of 87, and a group of
1.56 in.
I had some Black Hills 158 gr.
LSWC ammunition. It averaged 798
grouped in 2.22.
Winner, smokeless store bought
loads: Ten-X’s 130 gr. load, but both
Ten-X and Great Basin have really
good loads for SASS.
Conclusions:
If you’re thinking, “Hmm, these
differences aren’t great.” You’re
right. We’re not shooting 100-yard
groups with these rounds. Anything
that shoots to within an inch or so of
point of aim (2" group) at 2x normal
target distance should do fine for
Cowboy Action Shooting™.
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INSTANT GRATIFICATION:
IS IT QUICK ENOUGH?
By Purdy Gear, SASS Life #33315
Purdy Gear, SASS Life #33315
[I’ve been meaning to write this
one for a while & yup, it’ll probably
get me in trouble.]
owadays everything’s fast:
overnight deliveries, new fangled electronical gadgetry, fast chow,
etc. Yessir, the world is movin’! Not
for everyone though. There’s this
critter called “the craftsman” and,
‘cause “I are one” and ‘cause I talk to
‘em, I can pretty much say, across
N
the board we have one big beef.
There’s never enough time and
there ain’t no such a thing as
instant gratification.
How come?
Well … it’s simple. It takes a lot
of time to do what we do. We can’t
conjure stuff outta thin air or press
big shiny buttons for finished products. We have to sit down with
arcane tools and arcane technologies
and apply skills honed over years—
and often decades!—of experimentation, repetition, and just plain stubborn bloody-mindedness.
We aren’t factories. Most of us
are single entity enterprises. A
helper or family member might lend
a paw, but that’s a long way from
being a factory. Factories have support staff. There’s guys in the office
to order supplies and handle phone
calls and e-mails. There’s shippers
and folks who keep track of inventories. Mechanics keep machinery
running. In a one-person shop
there’s just one poor ol’ feller doin’ it
all. Even in a two-person shop, it’s
often the craftsman and not the
helper who takes on all of the
administration simply because the
helper doesn’t know what they
know. Ditto on the work. The craftsman is always ahead of his helpers
as far as skills go, and there’s plenty
of times where the craftsman has to
do simply because the helper can’t.
We are not machines. Craftsmen are cursed with the basic
needs. We gotta eat, catch a few
zees now and again, and occasionally take a bath. And because we’re
mere mortals, we can’t get around
the fact that we get sick and need to
take a day or two off. Catastrophic
illness or injury is just that to a
craftsperson. It isn’t the simple fact
we lose money because we can’t
work. Our schedules just plain go to
heck in a handbasket. People who
work with their hands are inconvenienced by bad arthritis or tendonitis, but manage. (Thank good(Continued on next page)
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ness for ibuprophen!) But serious
cuts, broken fingers or, heaven help
us, severed nerves or tendons …
that’ll stop us in our tracks. Cancer,
surgeries, and other medical issues
… unthinkable!
And, it’s not just personal hurts
that can screw up work time frames.
Family counts too. Having a loved
one who is suffering some cataclysmic health event might not necessarily take us away from the
bench, but it sure ‘nuff can mess
with our heads. If your thoughts are
not on your work, or if your concentration is constantly broken, it’s
really tough to work and to keep
things on track. Speaking from personal experience, I can give you a
real “fer-instance” here. One fine
Sunday this May, my best buddy
announced she had busted a bone in
her hand. The next day, one of my
customers (also a good friend) called
to say his boy had fallen and had
shattered his ankle and busted his
leg. The next day, I got a call from
my folks up in Canada (I’m in
Georgia, remember) telling me that
doctors were giving my Dad six
months. The day after that, my sister called to say her daughter had
just split up with her boyfriend and
that her husband needed emergency
brain surgery. Now, I’m not the
moody artist type who gets all temperamental and out of sorts if a
beam of sunlight isn’t exactly in the
right place, but let me tell ya, that
week, my hair stood straight on end
and burst into flames! Concentration was out the window, and
there wasn’t a doggone thing that
was gonna bring it back. Simple
tasks turned into complex exercises.
What should have moved through
the shop in minutes suddenly took
hours. The really tricky stuff—a
complete and utter slog, ‘cause when
your head’s not on the work, you
MUST slow down to a crawl just to
avoid making mistakes. Time lines
go clean into that handbasket to
Hades and that’s that.
And then there’re those days
where you can’t find yer butt with a
railroad lantern and all of General
Custer’s scouts! It’s a simple fact
that your head can’t be screwed on
tight every single day. Distractions
happen. Work goes south. Tools
break or need sharpening, and
sewing
machines
and
other
mechanical devices get cantankerous. The work stops in its tracks to
fix, replace, sharpen, or recalibrate
the gizmos.
Materials—especially natural
ones—can be unpredictable or
flawed. Even master craftsmen
aren’t perfect. We’ve learned to sit
back, re-evaluate, and then correct
the mistake so it looks like we actually have a clue as to what we’re
doing. But, it takes time.
Complete strangers can also foul
you up. If a supplier is out of an item
you desperately need right the heck
now, well that’s too bad. (Remember
that strike that kept ships out of
port a number of years back? Yikes!)
Fellow craftsmen can also let you
down. All that stuff I’ve mentioned
above can happen to them with the
same net end result. If you need
what they make, and they get
behind, you get behind.
Compadres, there’s a lot more to
being a craftsman than just doing
what you like 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week. There’s a subtle juggling act
going on all the time. If we get
behind, it’s generally not because
we’re lazy, disorganized, or incompetent. We’re just plain human. We
have good and bad days. Sometimes
we have to put our tools down to deal
with that humanity. There’s also
times when we just plain need to set
aside the work to have a day to ourselves or to iron out a new concept or
learn a new skill. The best craftsmen
need time to do this because it keeps
them from stagnating and getting
bored. Change allows us to focus.
Are there lazy or incompetent
craftsmen out there? Of course
there are. But just because someone
doesn’t make your stuff in a
nanosecond, doesn’t mean they fall
into that category. The best craftsmen are ALWAYS behind. Their
work is in high demand, and their
pride doesn’t allow them to Yazoo
through a project just so you can
have it in nuthin’ flat. Remember,
when you commission a custom
piece, you are engaging a craftsman
in an act of prototype engineering.
They are making it specifically for
you, and there may never be another like it. You aren’t just buying a
piece of their work; you are engaging
their experience, their expertise,
and a modest portion of their life.
Allow them the time to do their best.
And for those of you who are
wondering … Dad quietly passed
away this June. My brother-in-law
is doing well, and all bones are healing up fine. For all of you who kept
me and my family in your thoughts
and prayers, for all the hugs at Mule
Camp, and for just giving me the
time to grieve and be with my family … I thank you from the depth of
my heart, and I’ll meet you on down
the trail as things settle down.
E-mail, as always is:
[email protected].
The link on the website is
www.purdygear.com.
Phone is 706-692-5536.
Vaya con Dios.
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September 2008
WOMEN, GUNS, AND GEAR
Preparing for a Match
By Holy Terror, SASS #15362
Holy Terror, SASS #15362
T
he greatest thing for me in Cowboy
Action Shooting™ is going to a
match. It can be a fun, exciting, wonderful time. It can also be a stressful
and busy time with the practice, the
loading, the packing, and all the travel
arrangements. One key to optimizing
your shooting experience is to plan
ahead. I am not always as organized
as I wish I were, but here are some
things I have learned over the years
about match preparation.
The first important thing when
planning to attend a big match is to set
up a timeline. Most people plan out
their entire year at one time. They
choose what matches they want to go
to so they can ask for their vacation
time as soon as possible. Whenever
you plan for matches, the sooner the
better is a good idea. You want to plan
ahead so you can guarantee entry into
the match, make transportation
arrangements, and book your accommodations.
I make accommodation arrangements at the same time as I pay my
entry fees. Most matches work with a
hotel in their area to get a deal on
rooms, and those rooms will go reasonably fast. If you wait too long to book
a room, then it might be difficult to
find a nice one close to the match.
Camping at the range, or near it in
a campground, can be fun. It really
doesn’t save you any money, but if you
camp on the range, you save time by
not having to drive back and forth to
the hotel. It is also nice to be around
for all the match activities, and you
don’t have to drive all the way back to
town if you forget something.
I book airline tickets absolutely no
less than three weeks before the
match. After that the prices usually
jump horribly. I live in a small town,
so I have to take a connection, but I try
to take as few connections as possible
and stay out of big nasty airports. I fly
with my guns and have had no catastrophes as yet. I always ship my
ammunition because most airlines
allow only 11 pounds, and that is not
sufficient for a match. Some matches
will have a contact that will accept
ammunition shipments, but all hotels
will accept packages for guests.
While travel arrangements are
important, the most important preparation for me is in my shooting. I practice all year round, but I will change
my practice when the time is closer for
a big match. Sometime around four to
six weeks before the match I will start
practicing really hard. I try to dry fire
everyday and shoot five times a week.
While this is more than most people
can or want to practice, it is good to set
up some type of practice routine before
you go to a match.
In my dry fire practice, I practice
15–30 minutes a day. A little bit can go
a long way in dry fire. This is especially important in cold weather when it is
hard to get outside.
In my live fire practice, I work regularly with a timer all year. Before a
big match, however, I put the timer
away two to three weeks before I leave.
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About that time I have usually made
all the time gains I can make before I
leave, and I try not to worry about time
when I am at a big match. I also shoot
on smaller targets at farther distances.
This helps me to shoot more accurately, and it makes the targets seem huge
when I get where I am going.
While my shooting is important, it
is also important all my gear be ready
to go. It is always heartbreaking to get
to a big match and have your gun
break right in the middle or to have a
squib round. While I am making
accommodations and practicing, I am
also working on getting my “stuff” in
readiness.
When it comes to ammunition, my
grandfather and I usually bring three
to four different loads. We have the
normal load, the slightly heavy load,
the heavy load, and the really heavy
load. Most times you will not need this
many loads, but it never hurts to be
prepared. Everything but our normal
load is designed for knockdown targets. If you happen to be attending a
match without knockdowns, then
things are easy.
After I decide upon my loads, I am
religiously careful when loading. I
load all of my ammo a month in
advance so that I can ship it early and
if it doesn’t arrive, I can still load more.
I always clean my guns down to
every screw before I go. I do this about
a week before I leave so I have time to
shoot them to make certain I put them
back together right. Not only will I
clean my guns, but I also do some preventative maintenance, if needed. I
always pack some extra parts just in
case I break a spring or lose a screw. It
might be a lot of work, but if it keeps
my guns running the whole match,
then it is worth it.
When I have made all my travel
arrangements and my equipment is
ready, next comes the hard part – packing. I find packing difficult because it
seems as if I am always forgetting
something. Before I sit down to pack I
make a list of everything I think I
might need. I try to be systematic
about my packing because I hate ending up some place with no underwear.
After I make my list, I cross things off.
Also, I try to pack for every possible situation. This can be difficult
when you are flying, but you never
want to assume what the weather conditions might be. I have shot in 17degree weather in Georgia and pouring rain in Phoenix. It never hurts to
pack it all, as you may be thankful you
have it.
Preparing for a match can be fun
and exciting as you anticipate the
upcoming Cowboy Action experience.
But it can also be stressful because of
all you have to remember. For me,
planning ahead, practicing hard, and
packing well make a difference.
If you have questions about this
article, or if you have an idea or product you think should be brought to
the attention of women shooters, or
anyone else, please email me at
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Finding Gold
By Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life #49907
TG Sucker Creek, Michigan
Cree Vicar Dave,
SASS Life #49907
Territorial Governor
Sucker Creek, Michigan
W
e have a mining stage at our
Cowboy Action Shooting™
Club. On it are knockdown targets,
a mine car, pop can thrower, and
recently a miner panning for gold
using a flume and sifter. One of our
members, Kid Alfred, came to me
with the idea of having a flume come
out of the main berm. The water
would stream out and go into a pond
and be pumped back up to the top of
the flume. And there would be a
miner working a sifter. Well, I
grabbed the thought and ran with it.
To keep the new prop out of
harm’s way, the flume was installed
up range on a side berm. This
achieved two things. It is up close
and personal, and it makes it far less
accessible to hot lead.
The flume was made out of treated lumber. The bottom is a 2" X 8" X
8' pressure treated board. The sides
are 6" treated deck boards. It is supported with 4" X 4" treated posts.
The whole thing is held together
with deck screws.
A kidney shaped plastic garden
dle is also made out of galvanized
angle iron. A screen was placed in
the sifter that has rocks in it that are
painted gold.
The miner is made out of quarter
inch steel, with his shoulder and
elbow hinged with three-eights inch
bolts, washers, and locking nuts. The
miner’s hand is also attached to the
pond was placed in the ground at the
bottom of the flume with a garden
water pump connected to a G.F.I. A
hose carries the water to the top of
the flume. The wire and hose are
hidden behind the 4" X 4" posts.
The sifter was made out of treated deck boards and mounted to galvanized angle iron. The sifter han-
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thing is in line and working correctly, cover the motor to protect it from
the elements.
Next, run wires for the 12-volt
DC windshield wiper motor and the
110-volt AC water pump motor. We
don’t have electricity at the club. A
generator with both 110 volt AC and
12-volt DC power is used. When the
power is turned on, the old miner
goes to work sifting for gold. It’s
kind of a Rube Goldberg colossal glittering jewel. This prop is a golden
treasure of entertainment that adds
to the enjoyment of our sport.
They say, “Gold is where you
find it.” Gold is one of the most
angle iron handle of the sifter with a
bolt. You might be able to use treated plywood to build the miner silhouette. I just used a piece of steel I had
laying around the farm. A metal
fence post was driven into the
ground on the backside of the flume
bottom and the miner was bolted
onto the post. Our resident painter,
“Wolverine Wrangler,” painted the
gold-dust panner.
Next comes the fun part, activating the miner’s arm. I contacted a
junkyard and got a windshield wiper
motor, the two-speed type works
best. I used the low speed. Make
sure the offset arm is on the motor, or
you could make one. Next, locate a
good spot on the backside of the
flume to mount the motor. Then, a
piece of quarter X 1" steel was cut to
size with a hole in each end to accommodate. After making sure every-
sought after metals in the world.
From the beginning of mankind, it
has been highly desired. But there
are things of more value, like wisdom. It says in Proverbs 8:10-11
“Choose my instruction instead of
silver, knowledge rather than choice
gold, for wisdom is more precious
than rubies, and nothing you desire
can compare with her.”
Be sure to follow all safety procedures when working on projects.
Check with the people where you
buy the pond on how to keep the
water clear.
Hope to see ya on the trail.
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September 2008
RANGE TECH
How History Affects Our Modern Lives
on the Firing Line:
PHRASES AND GESTURES
By Inspector, SASS #41400
By Inspector, SASS #41400
I
have been told one of the biggest
problems that non-English speaking immigrants and visitors have in
understanding our American culture is the slang, phrases, and customs that Americans use so much in
our everyday lives.
I have often given thought to
this phenomenon, and would like to
share with you some of the tidbits of
information I have picked up about
this along the way.
Rule of Thumb – The first origin I heard was this phrase originated in the Middle Ages when a man
could not beat his wife with a stick
that had a diameter greater than his
own thumb. This story has been disputed, and is argued it refers to use
of the thumb as a measuring device.
The width of a man’s thumb roughly
equals one inch.
The Handshake – The ritualistic greeting common to western culture is believed to come from the
gesture of showing that the right
hand, most commonly used to wield
a weapon, was empty and a peaceful
greeting was intended. The hands
were then grasped to prevent one
another from changing their mind
and drawing a blade.
News – This phrase actually
references the four points (North,
East, West, and South) of the compass and what is going on in the
world around us.
Tip – A customary gratuity, this
phrase is actually an acronym for,
“To insure promptness” or, “To
insure prompt service.”
Alcohol Proof – Back in the
days of early America, stingy peddlers of distilled spirits would dilute
their beverages with water in order
to sell inferior products at escalated
prices. So, in order to protect the
consumer and standardize the
industry, a practice of proving alcohol content was conceived. The distilled beverage was poured over a
saucer of black powder. If the liquor
could sustain a flame, the seller then
showed “proof ” that his beverage
had high enough alcohol content.
Pass the Bar/Member of the
Bar – Our American judiciary system borrows many of its traditions
and foundations from the English
judiciary system. In the days of the
Colonial area, the courtrooms were
arranged so only the lawyers and
the Judge(s) were allowed in the
front of the court room. Reserved
only for the officers of the court, this
area was separated by a banister.
To proceed past the banister, a gate
or swinging bar was used to give
continuity to this boundary.
Therefore, you must be an officer of
the court to “pass the bar.” In other
words, in order to gain access to the
front of the courtroom, you must be
a “member of the bar.”
The Salute – It is believed this
gesture of military greeting was
derived from the days of the helmeted knights who would raise their
visors to identify themselves to each
other as friend or foe. However, a second theory has been speculated that
it was tradition that a junior officer
would remove his headgear when in
the presence of a superior officer. In
the 18th and 19th centuries, military
headgear became large, cumbersome,
and difficult to remove. Therefore
the gesture of touching the brim of
the hat acknowledged this tradition.
(FYI: Navy personnel do not salute
unless both parties are wearing
headgear. Naval servicemen rarely
salute indoors.)
Removing a Hat While at the
Table – Navy tradition is in battle,
the wardroom table was the operating table for the ship’s doctor. Since
many wounded shipmates lost their
lives on that table, naval officers
remove their headgear out of
respect for fallen comrades. This
use of the wardroom table is still
practiced to this day on American
submarines.
Army tradition is while on duty,
Army headgear could get dirty. The
hat was removed prior to sitting
down to a meal to prevent trail dust
from falling into your own or someone else’s food.
The exception to this etiquette
is if a serviceman is wearing a side
arm, he is to remain covered so his
hands are free for drawing his
weapon and are not impeded by
removal of one’s hat. This practice
also serves as an identifier the covered serviceman is armed.
The One-finger Salute –
While the meaning of the gesture is
obscene, its origin is actually rather
interesting. In the Middle Ages, the
art of archery took years of training
and practice to master.
Good
archers were hard to find. While
the Brits and the French were
engaged in war, the French decided
to rely on a new technology called
the cross bow. Crossbowmen could
be trained in a fraction of the time
it took to train an archer. What the
French failed to consider is that it
takes much more time to reset a
cross bow than it does to nock a second or third arrow. While the
French were busy resetting their
cross bows after their first volley,
British archers would annihilate
them with follow-up shots. Instead
of admitting they had made a mistake, the French directed their frustration toward the Brits. They proclaimed that any captured British
archer would have his middle finger
removed so that he could never
draw a bow again. This proclamation only served to embolden the
British, and to show their brazenness, they would taunt the French
by displaying that they still have
their middle fingers.
“Cold Enough to Freeze the
Balls Off a Brass Monkey” – This
phrase is born from a nautical tradition. In the days of wooden ships
and muzzle-loading cannon, it was
important to secure the cannon
balls on a rocking ship. The best
use of space to stow cannon balls
was to stack them into a pyramid.
A sturdy base, called a monkey, was
required to secure this pyramid. If
the monkeys were made of wood,
the rocking motion of the ship
would eventually wallow out the
dimples, and would not prove a
durable enough material for this
service. If the monkey was made of
iron, the salt air would cause the
bottom row of balls to rust together
and to the monkey since these balls
saw the least amount of use. It was
determined that a dissimilar metal
such as brass was the best material
for a monkey. There was just one
odd behavior to this practice. When
the ship would sail into colder climates, the dissimilar metals would
contract at different rates. If the
temperature change occurred fast
enough, the iron balls would pop off
the brass monkey. Hence, “It turned
cold enough to freeze the balls off a
brass monkey.”
These phrases and gestures
have permeated our everyday lives.
We often use them out of habit. I
hope I have enlightened you to give
a second thought to these everyday
rituals. I have more, but this is
about all the space I have for now.
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MAKING A COLT CAP AND BALL
REVOLVER WORK
By Utah, SASS #11601
D
oes your Colt cap and ball
revolver eat spent caps, jam up,
and cause you to wonder why you
bought this gun? You were warned,
you know. But you said, “If they could
shoot them, I can shoot them.” It
seems even the best shooters at
Winter Range were having Colt cap
jamming problems based on what I
heard from one of the top shooters.
How many times have you seen a
shooter shaking his Colt upside down
or using a small tool to pry the cap
from under the hammer? Their stage
times could be measured with a sundial, and the look on their face isn’t
pretty. Some shooters say the cap
problem is all part of the dark side, so
live with it. I say it’s about time we
figured out how to fix the problem.
I don t know why, but no one to
my knowledge has come up with an
easy, cheap way to reliably keep the
fired caps from jamming up the
works. When I say an easy, cheap
way, I mean one the average handyman can do with the simple tools
most have in our homes. If you can
take your Colt all apart and clean it
or replace a part, you can certainly
fix the cap problem.
I have heard of two solutions.
The first was to buy nipples that are
supposed to have optimum sized
holes that restrict blow back. This
is supposed to reduce the number of
caps that blow off and jam up the
works. Some say it works 90 to 95%
of the time. I heard they sold a big
bunch of them at Winter Range.
That’s one jammed gun once or
twice in a match. They may help,
but that sure don t bring smiles to
anyone’s face.
The second solution required
machining and reshaping parts
and/or installing wedges or springs,
regular machine shop work. This
machine work seems to me to be
more than this cowboy could do
cheaply with a few simple tools.
Last month I bought a Colt 1862
police revolver. The unfired caps
stayed on, but the fired caps came
back and jammed up the gun.
Neither of the above solutions
seemed to be the complete answer to
the problem. But, being a belt and
suspender person when it comes to
my guns, I got on the computer and
ordered some of those special nipples. But, I was not really happy. I
want my guns to operate reliably
every time.
So, after cleaning the gun, I sat
at my workbench, and holding the
gun in both hands pointing it away
from me, I pulled the hammer back
slowly to see exactly what happens.
The hammer came back about inch
and rose up in a slight arc that
opened a rather large space curving
down into the works before the
cylinder began to turn. This meant
that during the time the hammer
was coming back before the cylinder
turned, any cap coming off the nipple would fall in the hammer space
and either stay to be jammed under
the hammer on the next shot, or fall
down the curved surface into the
works, locking up the hammer.
There was the cause of one problem,
but not the whole problem with
fired caps coming off the nipples.
I put a cap loosely on a nipple,
continued to turn the cylinder, gently pushed the cap off, and watched
it jam between the nipple or the
cylinder proper and the back plate
in several places. Yes I know, there
is a curved groove on the right side.
The manufacturers put that there
just like the originals. But, it is
more ornamentation than functional, and is not big enough or shaped
correctly. Because little attention is
paid to this area, caps will stick and
cause the cylinder to bind, causing
the black cloud around the gun to
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turn blue. This problem is really
rather easy to fix. It just takes a little time and patience.
The solution to problem number
one is to keep the caps from entering the frame’s hammer opening
when the hammer comes back. I
arrived at my simple, cheap solution
in the following manner. I removed
the barrel and cylinder. I then
turned the gun in my hand and
looked at the hammer opening in
the frame and the hammer face.
The hammer face has a slot in it.
Damn, I got it! I remembered Bad
Hombre showing me how he put a
small pin in the shortened barrel of
his 1860 Colt for a front sight. If I
could put a pin in the center of the
opening in the frame, let’s say
1/64th of an inch inside the opening
that would fit (width and height) in
the hammer slot, as the hammer
came forward and hit the cap, it
would block the cap coming off the
nipple from entering the hammer
opening as the hammer moved back.
The slot in the hammer is not
deep enough, so the slot has to be
cut back into the hammer so when it
comes forward, the pin has clearance. Now when the hammer comes
back, it clears the pin, and any cap
coming off the nipple is blocked
from entering the hammer opening.
It falls and is wiped by the cylinder
into the open slot in the back plate.
Wow, it sounds like it would work.
So, get the tools out and get to work.
Okay, maybe drilling a tiny hole
in the hammer opening won’t hurt
the gun too much, but what about
the hammer? Could ruin it. My
answer is simple—call Dixie Gun
Works and for $12.50 get a new
hammer to work on. I did, and then
I worked on the one that came with
the gun. I now have a spare that
works if I need it.
All you need are some hand
tools, a drill, and a dremel tool.
Disassemble the gun. Select a small
diameter drill bit that fits easily in
the slot in the hammer face. Chuck
up the hammer in a vise, and using
a small cut off disk on your dremel,
extend the slot back about an inch
or so using your drill bit as a guide,
making sure it moves easily in the
slot. If you don’t have a small drill
bit or the cut off disks, you may
have to invest five or six dollars. If
you don’t have a dremel, buy one.
You will need it for the rest of your
life once you use one.
Now reinstall the hammer,
bring it forward, and mark the
frame opening in the center of the
hammer slot. Flip the hammer back
and put the frame in a vice. Use a
center punch to mark where you
want to drill, about 1/64th of an inch
from the edge. Drill your hole. Take
the drill bit out of the drill, reverse
it, and put it in the hole. Put a cap
on a nipple, install the cylinder, line
it up with the drill bit, mark the
drill bit at a point just below the top
of the cap. Cut off the base end of
the drill bit as marked with your
dremel, and reinstall the new pin in
the hole, base end first. Close the
hammer down, and with a small
grinding wheel on the dremel, bring
the pin down, if necessary, so it
clears the slot when the hammer is
fully forward. If necessary, cut the
slot in the hammer back some more.
If the pin is not a snug fit, pull the
pin out, and using a small hammer,
offset the pin and reinsert in the
hole. Put a cap loosely on a nipple,
line it up, and gently pull the cap off.
It should come back against the new
pin and fall in the groove on the
right side. You have now blocked the
hammer opening, and any cap coming off the nipple will fall off to the
side as the cylinder rotates.
As caps fall or are moved to the
groove on the right side, they may be
wedged between the nipple or the
cylinder and the base plate groove.
Put a cap loosely on a nipple, shake
it back off the nipple, rotate the
cylinder, and if the cap looks like it
touches both the cylinder or nipple
and the back plate, use a tapered
grinding wheel on your dremel to
remove metal till the cap falls free.
Don’t be afraid to open up this space,
starting with the right side of the
hammer opening. Check through
the rotation ‘till the nipple gets to
the bottom position. Don’t be afraid
to take off metal any time it appears
a cap may become wedged. This is
not a bearing surface, and you must
make sure the groove is opened
enough so a cap will fall freely down
and out of the gun when you shake it
off the nipple. When you are finished, blue the area.
What do we do now?
We
reassemble the gun, gather up the
makings, and go to the range. Load
up, making sure the caps are on
securely. A prior article in The
Cowboy Chronicle covered sizing caps
so they don t fall off before being
fired. Aim at the target, have faith,
and fire five shots at a measured
pace. Yes!! It works. Reload and
now fire five shots as fast as you
can. Yes!! It does indeed work! Do
it again to your heart’s content.
Now, do the same thing to all of your
Colt revolvers and go to the next
match ready to lay a real cloud of
smoke on them.
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WANTED: GUNFIGHTERS!
Part 2 - Partner Up Cowboy!
By Doc Nelson SASS #19958
Doc Nelson,
SASS #19958
L
ast time I wrote about giving
Gunfighter a try on your own, dry
firing and thinking through the
whole 10 shot sequence. It is time
now to recruit a partner. I am very
lucky in this department, as I have
my own better half, Senorita Tira
Todo, SASS #45723, (She says she
ain’t ready to be a Senora yet … we’ve
been married for 22 years). Both of us
started shooting Traditional, sharing
the same set of guns. I went early to
Gunfighter while she remained
Traditional. However, Tira was my
Gunfighter coach. She got me thinking about new shooting orders in the
right way; she taught me methods to
use to ensure I got it right when I
came up against a new order I had
not seen before. She was the one who
shot clean matches without a “P”
while I struggled along.
A partner does many things for
you and you for them. It becomes a
team effort and the old adage still
applies, “Two heads are better than
one.” While a permanent or steady
partner is probably best, the same
concept applies to casual acquaintances you recruit just for the match.
You’ve probably noticed there are
partners out there at matches competing against each other, encouraging each other, discussing the stage
with each other, and the like. My
guess is you’ve already done this at
some level, but now you need a
Gunfighter partner. Talk a buddy
into trying Gunfighter with you, or
pick someone who already shoots
Gunfighter. Attend a match and signup with or request to be with other
Gunfighters on the same posse. If
you feel you have to ‘go it alone,’ then
read the SASS Wire and get involved
that way. I did and still do.
I don’t think you have to be terribly formal about it, but you should be
able to pick out someone with equal
or better shooting skills and similar
views on the game. The closer your
pard is to your own perspective on the
game, the better. The way I see it,
there are three things you want in a
shooting partner: 1-friendly competition, 2-ability to discuss the stage,
and 3-ability to analyze results.
One day at our local match I
signed Tira up as Gunfighter … accidentally. She saw it and said to herself, ‘Why not?’ and she has been a
Ladies Gunfighter ever since. She
already had been coaching me on how
to do it right, no P’s. She knew the
rules; she did it. Yes, she was slower,
but she was accurate. She enjoyed it;
she already had found her game
because she knew what she wanted
from Gunfighter. I wanted more
speed, and misses didn’t bother me if
they were minimal. But, Procedures
did bother me. We each had different
ideas we wanted to get from shooting
Gunfighter, but we were now both
shooting the same Gunfighter style
(pairs). This works because we can
discuss strategies and transitions
unique to Gunfighter.
Friendly competition: Uh huh
… sure. The whole posse knew if Tira
scored better than I did on a stage.
You will never live down misses and
procedurals when your partner can
bring them up at any time. But, it
helped me focus and become better,
and I don’t mind being ribbed for mistakes as long as I make them few and
far between. Now days Tira’s goal is
to be within 10 to 15 seconds of my
time, and my goal is to shoot more
cleanly like she does.
Discussion: When faced with a
pistol order you haven’t practiced or
maybe even seen before, it helps to
sort it out with your partner. There
are patterns or counting methods to
use to help you keep it straight, but
bouncing it off your partner can really help avoid procedurals. It isn’t that
both of you will shoot it the same way
necessarily, but your target order will
be checked to be sure you have it
right. The goal is to get it into your
head prior to shooting. When you can
visualize the stage perfectly, you can
shoot it perfectly. Tira Todo and I are
to the point now where we don’t usually discuss the stage prior to shooting it. We do tend to watch and learn
from each other and discuss it afterward. This allows us to think through
our own method or preferences, and
then compare it to the other if there
were differences.
Analyzing: My tendency is to
review the mistakes quickly and then
let them drop. But a post match session with your pard of analyzing what
went wrong leads to a better focus on
problem areas, sort of a second opinion. As a result, I have a whole list of
things that lead to my misses and
sort of an awareness of when I’m not
ready to shoot a stage. There are
things I can do to prepare or things I
can do to focus, if I’m allowed to do so.
Analyzing specific stages and matches with your pard should lead you to
eliminate certain things that take
from your focus. I have my own prestage and pre-match rituals now, and
I know what to do when those rituals
are interrupted for some reason.
A partner helps improve your
game faster, but the reality is … having a good partner increases your
enjoyment and improves your game.
Improving your game increases your
enjoyment and you have more fun
with your shooting partner who leads
you to more improvement … but you
knew that already, didn’t you?
Next time for Part 3, Alternating
and Pairs.
I’m Doc Nelson, Gunfighter. I can
be reached at [email protected]
and would welcome your comments
and suggestions.
September 2008
WHAT’S THE CALL?
By Oracle, SASS Life #4854,
Regulator, RO III, TG
A
s you can tell by the alphabet
soup under my alias I’ve been
around a looong time. I used to have
coordination, sight, speed, movement, firearms transition, and, most
importantly the Holy Black, so all
that did me no good. Couldn’t see
the targets fast enough. I’ve made
my share of mistakes and cleaned
one match. Been a Waddie and
Range Marshal at END of TRAIL,
and Posse Marshal at Territorial and
State Championships. With all that,
I still have to ask, “What’s the Call?”
I try to use all the information at
my disposal, including the RO-II
Wire, TG Wire, Ocoee Rangers Wire,
Smokey Mt. Shootist Society Wire,
Bitter Creek Rangers Wire, and
Tennessee Mountain Marauders
when posing questions. I use the
January 2008, Shooters Handbook
and RO-I and RO-II materials for
the answers. Like I’ve said before …
if it happens at one club, it WILL
happen again at another club.
Question 1 - “Can I use papaw’s
Russian .44 in Cowboy Action
Shooting™? I’ve heard it’s okay as
long as I use it in single action mode
even though it’s a double action. At
the local club level everyone said they
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have no objection, and I assume at
State, Regional, National or higher
matches it’s okay there too.”
This month’s answer to question
1 is - Shooters Handbook, page 9,
Revolver Requirements
Question 2 - “As the official
match scorer, data entry, and report
generator, I am often faced with
recorded results where I need to
interpret what I see due to a host of
reasons. Is it a 7 or a 1, a 4 or a 9, a
2 or a 21, etc. Did they mean to leave
the period out of the time?”
“One of the score sheets looked
like the shooter had 21 misses on one
stage. I determined after some reflection that it was a 2 with a long up
curving tail written right against the
line for the space below so that at
first glance it looked like a 21.”
“What I saw on the score sheet
was a ‘zero with a diagonal line
Oracle, SASS #4854, Regulator
RO-II, TG (Un Retired)
through it with a one written on top’
of it, OR was it a ‘one with a zero and
diagonal line through it’ on top? In
hindsight, it would have been so
much simpler (for me) if the person
that wrote the misses down had
scribbled through the first entry and
written the correct number beside it
instead of on top of one another.”
Answer – RO-I Basic Course,
page 8, item 7, Score Keeper Page 62
Cowboy Chronicle
September 2008
A BUFFALO RANGE RIDERSMOUNTED WEEKEND!
By Sierrita Slim, SASS Life, Regulator #4054
W
ith the Buffalo Stampede just a
week ago Morning Dove, SASS
#7889, and I hooked up the gooseneck, loaded the horses, and headed
north to Founders Ranch! The
Buffalo Range Riders Mounted was
having their May monthly match,
and we were going out to play again!
Sure is nice being able to shoot at
the Founders Ranch arena every
month. Nice footing, nice fencing,
nice compressed air system, nice
camping, nice rental stalls, and running water for the horses! We rolled
in about mid-day on Saturday, offloaded the horses, parked the trailer,
and visited with Buck Cantrell
awhile. He’d been injured during the
Buffalo Stampede and had just gotten out of the hospital the day
before. It was great to see him in
good spirits (attitude, not liquid),
and we chatted awhile. I’ll tell you
what ... Buck is one tough hombre!
30 breaks in 20 of his ribs left him
with floating pieces of rib and a partially collapsed lung, but he was up
and about, talking about horses and
future plans just like nothing had
happened. Yep, tough hombre!
We were on a schedule and headed to the New Mexico State
Fairgrounds in Albuquerque before
the sun moved across the clear western sky too much further. Cimarron
Lou had been asked to arrange a
Mounted Shooting demonstration
while another equine event was taking place at the Albuquerque fairgrounds. Buckskin Doc was ramrod
for the ìshow.î Cimarron Lou started
out on the microphone, but talked
me into being the ìmouthî for the
rest of the demo. Imagine that,
wanting the Territorial Governor to
talk in front of a crowd!
Riding were Buckskin Doc,
Cinnamon
Lucy,
Appaloosa
Deadeye, Rio Paolini of crazyhorsewest.com (representing the
best in the west), Rockin Robin,
Buckarette ‘On a Roll Nicole,’ and
reigning Western National Ladies
Overall Champion—Junior rider,
Morning Dove. Why I even took a
run at one of the stages myself!
Morning Dove and I didn’t bring our
horses to the demo because we didn’t want to run them around after so
long in the trailer, so they were
ìmunching outî back at the ranch!
Buckskin Doc let Morning Dove ride
his pinto horse, Pronto (no question
how he got that name, he’s pretty
quick!), and Rio Paolini let me take
a turn on is paint horse, Rio. Nope,
it’s not a typo they’re both named
Rio! I’ve even been heard to call him
ìdos Riosî once in a while! The demo
went great, everyone enjoyed watching us, we enjoyed showing off, and
if they’re true to their word, we’ll
have some new members for SASS
before another moon is gone!
You know riding, shooting,
and talking to a crowd sure
makes a fella hungry, so we
drove to Rio Paolini’s ìranchî
and picked him up after he put
up Rio (the horse). There’s a
steak house not far from his
place, and we were all ready
for a good feed! Steak, prime
rib, and beef ribs followed by
cheesecake were consumed
pretty durn quickly, even
though we talked a lot! Sure is
nice when you get time to visit
with your pards awhile and
not have to rush off! We
dropped Rio (the crazyhorsewest.com man) off at his
place and went back to
Founders Ranch for a little
John Wayne before a good
night’s sleep. Sunday’s fast
horses and blazing six guns
would surely tax our reserves!
The sun snuck up on the
eastern crest until you could
almost see it, and then ìbam,î
it jumped straight up and
bathed the ranch in bright,
warm sunlight! I stretched
and twisted to ìcrackî my back
before climbing down to go
feed our horses. There was a
bustle of activity outside since
the backcountry crew that
used the facility the day before
was making breakfast and
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feeding their horses! Friendly
bunch of folks had a ìkitchenî
set up and were cooking a hot
breakfast for everyone. They
even invited me over for a bite
and some conversation! Real
nice folks from all over New
Mexico. Well, as they were
packing up and leaving, we
knew our Buffalo Range
Riders were near when we saw
their dust arriving! Canonero
and Six Gun Cynner were
among the first, as usual.
Stuttering Wayne, Ice Lady,
Chili Cowboy (of nearby Chili
Hills Restaurant), and Rio
Paolini (you remember, Dos
Rios & crazyhorsewest.com)
were all among our old time
regulars that day, plus enough
other members for a points
match! We had Gun Dog Bob
and his wife, Kat Knik,
Firefox, and Turquoise Lil.
Chili Cowboy and Firefox both
rode two horses. Cimarron
Lou from SASS was there, too.
She’s our President and took
over the Match Director’s
duties. We all pitched in, setting up the sound system,
cones, balloon table, and computer. We chose our stages
from the SASS Mounted
Shooting Course Book by having four of our members pick
numbers out of the air! Ended up
with some pretty interesting courses
to run, too. That book is a pretty useful collection of stages!
The wind kicked up a few times,
and a dust devil or two even ripped
through the arena, interrupting us a
short while each time. Most of us
had our share of problems that day,
but we all had a great time!
Working our horses and burning
powder in the great New Mexico
outdoors of Founders Ranch always
gives us a healthy feeling inside Ö
or is that sore muscles? Well, when
the dust cleared and the horses were
put away, we gathered for our
scores. Sierrita Slim ended up with
the short score for the day and won
the match. Chili Cowboy was second overall and did a little happy
dance because his score was an official Division 2 win! Rio Paolini was
third and just three tenths of a second behind Chili!
Next came
Morning Dove, Canonero, and Chili
Cowboy on horse #2. Gun Dog Bob
followed with Kat Knik, Six Gun
Cynner, Fire Fox, Turquoise Lil, and
Fire Fox on horse #2. We visited for
awhile, talked about horses, and the
day’s activities.
In groups of ones and twos, we
slowly gathered ourselves up and
headed out for our own home ranges.
The May monthly Mounted Shooting
Match for the Buffalo Range Riders
Mounted was finished.
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September 2008
TRY THE MOUNTED SHOTGUN CATEGORY–
. IT’S A BLAST! .
By Doc On Holiday, SASS #77051
I
recently competed at the SASS
California State Championship in
Rio Linda, CA. Hosted by the
California Range Riders, we enjoyed
a wonderful weekend of mild weather, fast competition, and lots of cowboy spirit. In addition to the main
competition, we also had the opportunity to participate in several side
matches. These included a jackpot
stage, an extreme cowboy stage, two
rifle stages, and two shotgun stages.
Having participated in the shotgun
competition, let me tell you, it’s a
whole ‘nother level of Cowboy
Mounted Shooting fun!
Eight riders signed up for the
shotgun match. All of us were experienced Mounted Shooters, and
about half of us had competed in the
rifle category in the past. Shotgun
follows the same basic concept as
the rifle discipline.
The rider
engages the first five balloons with
their customary single action
revolver, but then is required to use
The special .45 caliber shotgun inserts are seen in the middle,
and the two special balloon holders are seen on either side.
The shotgun must be brought up to the shoulder or positioned
under the arm before shooting.
a double barrel shotgun for the second five targets. Unlike the rifle
category, where five separate balloons are engaged in the customary
rundown, the shotgun competitor
only has two shots to pop five balloons! The targets are clustered into
two groups: a two-balloon cluster is
placed at the second rundown pole
position and a three-balloon cluster
is placed at the fourth rundown pole
position. During our first stage, we
all came to realize there were several challenges associated with making a clean run come together!
There are ten stages officially
approved for the shotgun category.
However, at the discretion of the
match director, any stage that has a
straight rundown finish can be used
for the shotgun category. Navigating
the first half of the stage was old hat
for our experienced group. The only
difference was having a shotgun
scabbard banging around on our
horses during the run. Much like
the rifle category, these can be
mounted on the pommel, under the
rider’s leg, or attached to the rear
cinch. Before jumping into a timed
course, I’d recommend making some
turns in the warm-up arena, with
the shotgun in its scabbard, to get
your horse comfortable with the new
hardware they’ll be packing. Once
your horse is comfortable with the
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tion. Some horses, like mine, will be
skittish and shy away from the
movement of a long gun waving over
their head. As with any new experience, taking a little time to train
your mount before expecting them to
perform under pressure will result
in a more pleasant experience for
both horse and rider.
Unlike the rifle category, the
rider doesn’t have to release the
reins or handle a long loose rein to
cycle the gun. Only double barrel
shotguns, with or without exposed
hammers are allowed. Pump or lever
action shotguns are not approved
because they can’t cycle the standard
.45 LC blank ammunition we use.
Double barrel shotguns can be either
in .410 caliber (which hold standard
.45 LC blanks) or of any other standard shotgun gauge. Standard shotgun gauges need to be equipped with
conversion inserts to accept our standard blanks. These inserts can be
purchased from various sources,
including Superior Industries (626)
969-7565 or www.westernstage
props.com. The minimum barrel
length of the shotgun is 18 inches,
with an overall minimum shotgun
length of 30 inches. Our group
shared one internal hammer 12gauge coach gun with inserts and
one internal hammer .410 rabbit
gun. Several companies sell appropriate coach guns. Cimarron has an
external hammered model and
Stoeger produces a very nice line of
SASS approved coach guns with various finishes. For the sake of simplicity, I would highly recommend a
hammerless model.
While engaging the balloons, the
shotgun must be held against the
rider’s shoulder or under the arm.
Because of the short length of the
coach guns, this is easily achieved
while maintaining your free hand on
the horse’s reins. Although this
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makes the shotgun category a little
easier than the rifle, there are still a
few important things to remember.
These all became apparent during
our first stage.
The first thing to remember to
do, once the shotgun has been safely
removed from the saddle scabbard, is
Just one of several ways the shotgun
can be carried until it’s ready
for use during the rundown.
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KIRST 1860 ARMY .45
COLT KONVERTER
By Tuolumne Lawman, SASS #6127
Tuolumne Lawman,
SASS Life #6127
H
istorically the most converted
percussion revolvers of the late
19th Century were the Colt models
1851 and 1860 as well as various
Colt pocket revolvers. Many of
today’s Cowboy Action Shooting™
percussion revolver shooters also
like having the ability to convert
their revolver to a metallic cartridge-firing revolver. Walt Kirst
was one of the pioneers of “converting your own” with his drop-in 1858
Remington and 1851 Navy cylinders. Due to popular demand, he
has now also developed a SASS-
Color case hardened Konverter ring
can be used on either standard or
modified 1860 percussion revolvers.
legal drop-in .45 Colt cylinder
By 1871, however, the
for the 1860 Colt. Now shooters
patent expired. Many manucan readily convert their Pietta
facturers, including Colt,
or Uberti 1860 Colt percussion
worked feverishly to come up
revolvers to shoot .45 Colt carwith cartridge revolvers. An
tridges with no gunsmithing. I
engineer at Colt named
am one of these shooters. I perRichards patented a conversonally use a Kirst Konverter in
sion of the 1851 Navy and
the same Pietta .44 caliber 1860
1860 Army revolvers. It used
Army to shoot Cowboy Action
a new, shorter cylinder on the
Shooting™ matches that I use
percussion frame. Behind the
for Civil War re-enacting. Before
cylinder was an added-on
getting into the .45 Colt Kirst
piece to the frame that held a
1860 Konverter, let’s first cover
loading gate, rear sight notch,
Author’s Pietta after cutting cartridge loading
the historical precedent for conand frame-mounted firing pin.
channel with Kirst Konverter.
verting percussion revolvers.
The
loading
lever
was
1860 COLT CONVERSION
removed and replaced with an ejecNo. 3 “American Model” top break
HISTORY
tor rod assembly.
revolver; first in .44 Henry rim fire,
From the time of the California
then in .44 American (which was
Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the
similar to a center fire
early westward migration, almost
version of the .44
all revolvers were percussion “cap
Henry). It was an inand ball” firearms. The only excepstant success, and was
tion was the Smith and Wesson
even adopted by the US
revolvers. Smith and Wesson held
Army. It was the first
the rights to Rollin White’s patent
metallic cartridge revolon “bored through revolver cylinver with true “stopping
ders.” Just prior to, during, and
power.” Colt, Remingafter the Civil War, S&W produced
ton, and others could
their No. 1, No. 1 1?, and No. 2
only produce their perrevolvers. They were .22 and .32
cussion revolvers, as
caliber rim fires that loaded by tipS&W still had the
ping the barrel up. Though popular,
patent rights for bored
they were rather anemic in the
through cylinders—an
Photo shows the Konverter unit. Shorter one
“fight stopping” power department.
absolute necessity for
on left is for Uberti 1860, and the longer one
on right is for Pietta.
In 1869, S&W introduced their
cartridge revolvers!
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Pietta 1860 with Kirst .45 Colt Konverter is a perfect addition
to an Old West battery.
Another Colt engineer named
Mason patented some changes to
the basic conversion. It utilized a
hammer mounted firing pin (though
some “transitional Richards conversions also used this), a newly manufactured barrel unit, and a different
ejector rod. Both of these revolvers
were an instant success.
These Colt conversions were in a
newly designed .44 Colt cartridge.
It utilized a heeled .451 diameter
210-225 grain bullet over 25 to 28
grains of blackpowder. By “heeled,”
it is meant the bullet is the same
diameter as the cartridge case, and
the base is rebated (smaller) to be
crimped in the case mouth. Modern
.22 LR cartridges are a “heeled”
design. They started with the .451
diameter conical ball used in the
paper cartridges for the 1860 Army,
and rebated the base to fit into the
case mouth. While a good “stopper”
like most large bore heeled bullets,
it was not overly accurate!
Conversions were also done in .38
Colt for the 1851 Navy revolvers, as
well as some others. The 1860’s and
1851’s had long had a reputation for
being superior revolvers. These conversions capitalized on this well
deserved reputation. Not only did the
factory make conversions out of parts
on hand, but they would also convert
revolvers sent back to them. In 1872,
Colt, who had run out of 1860 components, introduced the 1872 “open top”
revolver, which was completely of
new manufacture. While very similar
in appearance to the conversions, in
fact using the Mason designed barrel
unit, it was available only in .44
Henry rim fire. It was very popular
with folks who carried Henry and
1866 Winchester rifles.
Even after the introduction of
the Colt Single Action Army
revolver in 1873, the Colt conversions remained popular. Colt was
still building them and converting
customer’s percussion revolvers
until the late 1870’s. They were
used into the 20th Century, and the
.44 Colt ammo was produced commercially until the beginning of
World War II.
The tremendous growth of
Cowboy Action Shooting™ has
caused an increase in the interest in
these once popular revolvers.
Movies like “Wyatt Earp” with Kevin
Costner wielding a Richards conversion as a young Wyatt, and “Last
Stand at Sabre River” where Tom
Selleck is also armed with one have
helped fuel this growing demand.
Richards production. Uberti is currently making Richards-Mason conversions, but availability is sketchy
at best, and will cost you more than
$500 minimum.
THE KIRST KONVERTER
In 1990, a machinist named
Walt Kirst converted an Italian
made Remington New Model Army
.44 (generally known as a Model
1858) to a center-fire revolver for
the long obsolete .44 Martin cartridge, also known as the .44
Colt/Remington cartridge.
Walt
developed a commercially available
drop-in 1858 Remington Kirst
Konverter cylinder about ten years
ago. By simply dropping in one of
these Kirst cylinders, you can convert your Uberti or Pietta 1858
Remington percussion revolvers into
a very period-correct conversion
revolver to use in Cowboy Action
Shooting™, utilizing .45 Colt, .45
Schofield, or .45 Cowboy Special cartridges.
No gunsmithing is
required, and it can be returned to
percussion at any time. Due to a lot
of pressure from the author (based
on what I saw as a growing
demand), Walt Kirst has now introduced that same Konverter for Colt
1860 Army percussion revolvers
made by both Pietta and Uberti.
These units are made as “dropin” units. The Konverter cylinders
and Konverter rings are machined
mer, preventing the cylinder from
rotating. Kenny Howell of R&D
uses extra safety notches on his conversion cylinder to prevent the hammer from resting on a live round,
but Walt Kirst decided on this
method to prevent weakening the
cylinder wall with the extra notch.
This makes the Konverter SASS
legal. The cartridge rims are visible
by viewing the revolver from the
top, making it easy to check at the
loading bench.
The second part of the cylinder
is the “Konverter Ring” or non-rotating Richards Conversion style recoil
plate with a single firing pin
installed under the hammer. While
the cylinder is deeply blued, this
recoil plate is nicely color case hardened, just as the originals were. It is
milled out to accept the protruding
ratchet shaft of the cylinder. The
reason the rear Konverter ring does
not rotate is because it is centered
by two small stabilizing protrusions
on the bottom that engage the bottom inside of the frame opening.
The protruding ratchet shaft of the
cylinder protrudes through this
recoil plate, just as the originals did,
and contacts the original face of the
revolver. The cylinder is indexed by
the pawl as you cock the hammer.
Also as in the original Richards
Conversions, the flat percussion
hammer hits the firing pin in the
Unmodified Pietta 1860 with Konverter.
Originals are some of the
scarcest of the Old West single
actions to be found. In my fourteen
years in SASS, I have only seen one
original at a match! Initially, even
replicas were hard to get. You could
only get extremely expensive conversions of cap and ball revolvers done
by custom gunsmiths like John Gren
and Kenny Howell. While they are
beautiful, quality pieces, the backlog
and wait was counted in years. Few
people I know could afford them.
EMF, along with the Italian firm of
Armi San Marco had produced an
1860 Richards type conversion for a
short time, but when Armi San
Marco folded, so did the EMF
out of heat-treated 4140 steel on
CNC machinery. They are beautifully polished and blued.
The
Konverter ring and cylinder
dropped in and fit perfectly in my
1860 without any fitting. The timing, indexing, and lock-up were perfect. The Kirst Konverter unit consists of a two-piece cylinder and
Konverter ring (recoil plate) set.
The cylinder resembles a standard, though shortened, 1860 percussion cylinder. It has five chambers for either .45 Colt, .45 S&W
Schofield, or .45 Cowboy Special
ammunition. Between each of the
chambers is a small pocket that
traps the firing pin with the ham-
recoil plate (just as a hammer of a
Ruger hits the frame-mounted firing
pin on a Vaquero). It is really quite
ingenious and simple.
Installation is simple. Make
sure the revolver is unloaded. Place
it at half cock so the cylinder will
rotate freely. Remove the cylinder
arbor wedge in the barrel unit, and
slide the barrel assembly off.
Remove the percussion cylinder, and
replace it with the Konverter ring
and cylinder, rotating clockwise as
you insert to depress the cylinder
advancing hand. Replace the barrel
assembly and the arbor wedge.
To load the Kirst Konverter
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TRY THE MOUNTED SHOTGUN CATEGORY–
IT’S A BLAST! . . .
OXFORD KID, SASS #69801
May 16, 1954 - June 18, 2008
By Sweetwater Jack, SASS Life #28885
Oxford
Kid,
aka
Mike
Christensen, arrived on the
Cowboy Action Shooting™ scene in
Southern Oregon during the early
months of 2005, curious as to what
all the noise and fuss was about,
and took to it like a duck to water.
Joining the Merlin Marauders of
Grants Pass, Mike shot in Modern
Category with a pair of Ruger
Blackhawks, and rarely missed any
of the steel “bad guys” he went up
against. He soon became a force to
be reckoned with not only at the
Merlin Marauders matches, but
when shooting with any of the
other Cowboy Action Shooting™
clubs within a hundred miles of
Grants Pass.
Oxford Kid was a member of
the Merlin Marauders, Jefferson
State Regulators, and Table Rock
Rangers and also shot regularly
with the Klamath Cowboys at
Keno, Oregon as well as the
Hawkinsville Claim Jumpers in
Yreka, California.
Mike’s smile rarely left his face,
even when called upon to pour the
concrete and heave the 200-pound
railroad ties into place as the
Marauders built berm
walls to improve their
range. Whenever a club
work party was
called out for
range improvements or to prepare
for
an
annual match
you could bet your boots the Oxford
Kid would be there with the tools
and talent to help make the job a
done deal. Though he was born in
Oxford, England, you'd never know
Mike wasn’t an “Old West Cowboy”
all his life.
Oxford Kid will be sorely
missed by all the cowboys and cowgirls in “The State of Jefferson,”
both on the Oregon and California
sides. We know the Oxford Kid has
ridden farther down the trail ahead
of us to prepare the cook fire, set
out the coffee pot, and stir the
beans, waiting for the rest of us to
ride in.
to disengage the safety! Hammerless shotguns have an automatic
safety, once the barrels are closed.
It’s important to keep the safety on
because that gun is going to be
bouncing around in the scabbard
while you’re engaging the first five
targets with your revolver. However,
forget to slide that safety forward
once you’re ready to shoot that first
cluster of balloons, and you can pull
as hard as you want on that trigger.
The balloons are going to be far
behind you before you figure out
what you forgot!
The next step is to remember you
have two triggers! You remembered
to take off the safety. You got your
first shot off at the first cluster of
balloons. But, if you get excited, and
keep pulling on that same front trigger, the second cluster of balloons is
going to go screaming by. Move your
finger back to the second trigger! By
the same account, keep your finger
off the second trigger until you get to
the second balloon cluster. We had a
couple of double barrel booms on
that first cluster of balloons, leaving
no ammo for the next three waiting.
That’s a costly 15-second penalty!
This may sound all pretty elementary.
But, when you’re
screamin’ down that rundown,
holdin’ onto that fur rocket between
your legs, it becomes a lot to think
about! In sixteen runs, we only had
one rider that ran clean during the
shotgun half of the stage. There
were a lot of balloons left floppin’ in
the wind after those scatter guns
were done blazin’. That’s what
makes it so much fun. Similar to
the rifle category, shotgun can really level the playing field between a
Level 5 and a Level 1 rider. If you
can run clean, you can beat riders
you’d never dream of coming close
to in the general competition.
You’re all struggling with the same
challenges. And more importantly,
you’re all cheering for each other to
try and make that clean run!
The Shotgun Category was held
at the 2008 END of TRAIL. The
official rules will be added to the
next printing of the SASS Mounted
Shooters Handbook. If you’ve ever
thought about riding in a side
match, then shotgun might be just
what you’ve been looking for! It’s a
little calmer than the rifle category,
you can pick up a coach gun for
about $400, and the cowboy spirit
comes out at a whole new level! So,
get yourself a gun, do a little prep
work with your horse, and join in on
a whole new challenge to our great
sport! I can’t wait for the next
SASS match, so I can give shotgun
another whirl! September 2008
. END OF TRAIL ‘08 .
Shoot-off. For those so inclined, it
was a FULL shooting venue!
The usual three relay/four stages
per day schedule allowed everyone to
easily handle the altitude and heat
(it’s a good kind of heat—nice and
dry!), and still have plenty of time to
socialize, shop, or just plain relax in
New Mexico’s historic Old West.
And, speaking of New Mexico history… the area near Founders Ranch
is, of course, Billy the Kid country,
the site of the “Gettysburg of the
West” Civil War battle, the stomping
grounds of the amazing Kit Carson,
and the home of the marauding
Navajo Indians. Give yourself lots of
time to explore!
Wild Bunch Match
This year we had something new
at END of TRAIL. Those who wanted
to register and participate could shoot
12 more action packed stages using
guns like those used in the movie The
Wild Bunch. Winchester Model ‘97
pump shotguns, big-bore lever action
rifles, and 1911 style semi-automatic
pistols were the order of the day.
Twenty-six shooters took advantage of the extra competition, and
who do you think shot the pants off
the figurative Rurales? A girl. Nope,
I ain’t kidding. Holy Terror shot all
12 stages with a combined score of 31
rank points with Last Chance
Morales second at 50 rank points and
Holy Terror’s grandpa, Evil Roy, at 51
rank points in the Wild Bunch
Winners
Overall
Man
Shalako Joe,
SASS #24746
Lady
Holy Terror,
SASS #15362
World Champions by Category
Buckarett
Lulu Sureshot,
SASS #66230
Buckaroo
Highfalutin Hunter,
SASS #62138
L Junior
Sage Chick,
SASS #48454
Junior
Savage Sam,
SASS #74660
Grande Dame
Snapshot,
SASS #8036
E Statesman
Rosita Gambler,
SASS #41377
L Senior
Two Sons,
SASS #13636
Senior
Tex Fiddler,
SASS #10127
L S Senior
Ramblin’ Rose,
SASS #2811
S Senior
Evil Roy, SASS #2883
L B-Western
Half-a-Hand Henri,
SASS #9727
B-Western
Constable Nelson,
SASS #11784
S Duelist
J. M. Brown,
SASS #27309
Modern category. Wild Bunch
Traditional scores were a little higher with Max Morales at 129 and Matt
Masterson at 153 rank points.
This new event drew quite a
crowd, so I’m sure it will become a
permanent part of future matches at
END of TRAIL.
Clean Shooters
For those of you unaware, a clean
match means absolutely no misses.
Every target was hit. A total of 44
END of TRAIL participants shot a
clean match. This included Alvira
Sullivan Earp who happened to be
on my posse. Alvira and husband,
Virgil Earp, traveled all the way
from
downunder—Millmerran,
Australia—so her performance was
immediately followed by a rousing
chorus of Tie Me Kangaroo Down,
Sport and a fancy little jig that
stirred up quite a cloud of dust.
While I’m talking of my posse, I’ll
mention we had quite a diverse
group. The aforementioned Earps
from Australia, four gents from the
Czech Republic, and the remainder a
mixture of rednecks and ne’er-dowells from all parts of the country.
Tex even shot with us part-time, but
has developed a short attention span
in his reclining years! This was the
first major shoot for Punsutawney
Phil, the NRA’s National Firearms
Curator, who shot the match clean.
It’s good to get acquainted with new
folks every year at END of TRAIL.
Costume Contests
L Modern
Modern
L F Cartridge
F Cartridge
L F C Duelist
F C Duelist
Frontiersman
C Cowgirl
C Cowboy
L Gunfighter
Gunfighter
S Gunfighter
L Duelist
Duelist
L 49er
49er
Echo Meadows,
SASS #50735
Three Gun Cole,
SASS #50738
Penny Wrangler,
SASS #50750
Silver City Rebel,
SASS #38607
Bama Belle,
SASS #6673
Lefty Eastman,
SASS #20645
Puffbuster,
SASS #50749
Wicked Wanda,
SASS #28122
T-Bone Dooley,
SASS #36388
Curl E Kay,
SASS #40996
Nueces Outlaw,
SASS #21794
Wildroot,
SASS #33149
Buffy Logal,
SASS #46039
Lightning Cat,
SASS #19274
Etta Mae,
SASS #12478
Calvin N. Hobbs,
SASS #17218
Just so you don’t think END of
TRAIL was only about shootin’, I’ll
mention the costume contests were
both magnificent and competitive.
Cat Ballou has provided extensive
coverage of these events in Cat’s
Corner elsewhere in this issue. Once
again, costuming is one of things that
sets Cowboy Action apart from most
of the other mainstream shooting
sports, and wonderful costumes were
the order of the day, everyday,
throughout END of TRAIL.
I served again this year as a judge
on the Soiled Dove contest with
Rattler John and Captain George
Baylor and enjoyed the experience
immensely. You’ll notice Tijuana Rose
and La Bandida shared first place in
the Soiled Dove contest, suggesting
all kinds of possibilities. Then you’ll
see Grumpy in the Morning in second
place. I shot with Grump last year
and can say the alias in appropriate,
so I can only hope she reads this epitaph in the afternoon!
Another costume I can’t fail to
mention is that of Captain Cooper who
won among the waddies. His entire
outfit was more than 100 years old.
Coat, hat, shirt, trousers, and even his
original shaded eyeglasses … they
were made for nineteenth Century
light-sensitive syphilis victims!
New Stuff
The Wild Bunch has been busy!
New this year at END of TRAIL was
a completely revamped Belle Union
and the addition of the Copper Queen
Hotel with the Happy Jack Saloon
upstairs. The Copper Queen is a twostory hotel containing SASS Admin,
the RO Headquarters, and Jack
Diamond’s Gun Emporium. The
lobby doubles as the dressing room
for the Belle Union stage as well as a
repository for shooter prizes and
match materials. The Happy Jack
Saloon is still a work in progress, but
serves as the match VIP retreat and
site of some of the match receptions.
The Belle Union has been moved
into the big “tin building,” a floor has
been added, and a stage with backdrop constructed. Opening ceremonies and the Awards program are
now held in the Belle Union along
with continuous daily entertainment,
Coyote’s Wild West Variety Show, and
the usual gambling and other
evening social activities.
Gone was the “big tent” and the old
Belle Union tent. The reduced number
of vendor tents and the new buildings
provided a new physical arrangement
for END of TRAIL … and more
changes are planned for next year!
SASS University
SASS University got started in a
big way … classes dealing with all elements of competitive shooting were
taught to eager students. Be sure and
allow a few extra days at the beginning of your next Founders Ranch
match if classes are offered. They’re a
great way to learn from the experts,
improve your game, and maybe even
L Traditional
Traditional
Derringer
Lady
Man
Holy Terror
Shalako Joe
Wild Bunch
Modern & Overall Holy Terror
Max Montana,
Traditional
SASS #23907
Side Matches winners
Plainsman
Lefty Eastman
Speed Pistol
Lady
Sage Chick
Man
Terrible Tyler,
SASS #28937
Speed Rifle
Lady
Holy Terror
Man
Savage Sam
Speed Shotgun
Lady
Holy Terror
Man
Colt McAllister,
SASS #13823
Need for Speed
Man
Prestidigitator,
SASS #52251
Rimfire Pistol
Lady
Sage Chick
Man
Lash Latigo,
SASS #35308
Rimfire Rifle
Lady
Penny Pepperbox
Man
Coyote Cap,
SASS #14184
Holy Terror
Badlands Ben,
SASS #24747
Pocket Pistol
Lady
Ramblin’ Rose
Man
Nueces Outlaw
Long Range Riflee
Lever Rifle Caliber
Riley Roy,
SASS #59560
Blackpowder S S
Cowboy Clay,
SASS #67520
Buffalo Rifle
Cactus Coop,
SASS #72476
Precision Revolver
Master Gun Scott,
SASS #61700
Cowboy Silhouette
San Juan,
SASS #1776
Texas Lone Star Survivor
Lady
Dixie Bell,
SASS #5366
Man
Capt. Sam Evans,
SASS #16788
Junior
Last Chance Morales,
SASS #67180
Mounted
To be covered separately
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land you in the winner’s circle!
While not a part of SASS
University, there were other classes
as well. Tequila anyone? New this
year was a seminar on the finer
points of selecting, mixing, and drinking tequila! As with every other product, there is apparently a wide range
of quality, prices, and flavors … and a
little knowledge goes a long way in
enhancing the drinking experience!
Entertainment
In addition to a full cadre of merchants forming the Single Action
Shopping Society, there was the
usual full schedule of professional
entertainers.
We could hardly pass a peddler
without being accosted by some
drummer selling wares of one kind
or another. Guns, ammo, loading
equipment, clothes, accessories, hats,
food, and drink. You could have built
an entire herd of cowpokes from
pieces and parts.
Then, every hour of every day
the air was filled with guitar or
piano music and the melodic warble
of Juni Fisher, Bill Barwick, Devon
Dawson, Sons of the Rio Grande,
Jess Meador, and Dave Bourne.
Harvey Wallbanger Jr. and his dad,
T.C. Thorstenson, entertained us as
only a buffalo and cowboy can do.
Our friend, Joe Bowman, continues
The SASS Western Heritage Museum’s 1950’s vintage shooting gallery was a
big hit during this year’s event. Competitors and the public alike spent $5
for 20 shoots all day long every day challenging the moving ducks and rabbits; toppling the pipes, squirrels, and crows; and ringing the various bells.
to amaze along with Bob Munden,
Joey Dillon, and the more comtemporary, but nonetheless impressive,
Tim Bradley. Kip Calahan was a
new face and voice for us as she belted out everything from Hank
Williams to Patsy Cline and some
songs of her own.
If you think Miss Tabitha has all
she can handle as she and hubby,
Mad Mountain Mike, design impressive clothing, you should hear her
sing and see her dance! Coyote
Calhoun’s Wild West Variety Show
featured Miss Tabitha and an almost
endless parade of talent. Everyone
gets upstaged when Peaches O’Day
glides on the stage as Mae West reincarnated. You have to love, or at least
feel great sorrow for, Sourdough Slim
Reigning Lady National Champion Action Shooter, Sage Chick, dashes for her first shooting position
during this year’s Top Gun Shoot-off.
as he sings, yodels, plays his accordion, and dances a jig, sometimes
simultaneously! The singing and
dancing went on and on and provided
not only hours of talent, but a cool
place to sit and relax.
Culcha, Culcha, Culcha
Yep, our more civilized sides were
stroked by Cowgirl Red from Madrid,
New Mexico with the SASS Western
Heritage Art Gallery featuring the
whimsical western art of Thom Ross
and Spencer Kimball. The painting,
Doc Holliday, by Thom Ross was auctioned with proceeds going to the
SASS Scholarship Foundation.
Receptions
Receptions were held for Founders
Club members, Life members,
Regulators, International competitors,
vendors, and sponsors. Each of these
groups is deeply appreciated by the
Wild Bunch because their participation has changed the face of END of
TRAIL over the years. Some consolidating was accomplished this year
and more is planned for next year.
SASS Museum Shooting Gallery
The SASS Museum continues to
search for ways to raise money for
the Museum and the Hall of Fame.
Late last year a 1930’s vintage, oldtime shooting gallery was located in
Colorado. It has subsequently been
refurbished by Laramie Jack and
Pistol Packin’ Granny and put back
into service. The Gallery was positioned on one of the Conventioneer
Bays and offered endless entertainment for countless shooters, both
SASS and civilian. Watch for it the
next time you’re at Founders Ranch,
and tax-deductible receipts are
issued for your donations!
And speaking of donations, the
SASS Western Heritage Museum now
owns and controls the budding western town at END of TRAIL. The town
will be used to preserve the appearance and traditions of the “civilized”
Old West, and eventually classes in
western culture will be offered for
local area school children on day
excursions to learn about our western
history and the Anglo, Hispanic, and
Native American cultures that have
flourished here for hundreds of years.
Donations for new construction and
maintenance of existing structures
are also tax deductible!
A Grand Time!
I shot 12 stages over three days
while Sugar Britches shopped and
visited and shopped and schemed
with Cat Ballou and got measured
for a new Mad Mountain Mike outfit.
As usual, there was plenty of time
before and after the shooting schedule to socialize and enjoy as much as
September 2008
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New and Improved!
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we could possibly see at END of
TRAIL. We missed a lot, but were
never wanting for entertainment.
END of TRAIL is our favorite outing
of the year, and this 27th Annual was
no exception.
It’s time to start planning for the
7th Annual SASS Convention and
Wild West Christmas at the Riviera
Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas,
The opening ceremony flag
procession was new for
END of TRAIL this year.
Competitors from around the world
represented their home countries,
and END of TRAIL recognized
and honored each of the countries.
Nevada December 4th through 7th,
2008. This year we commemorate
the American Centennial of 1876, so
this promises to be a rip-roarin’,
rootin’ tootin’, red, white, and blue
celebration. If you enjoy traditional
SASS recognized several exceptional individuals during opening ceremonies.
A very active 89-year-old El Tigre Viejo was awarded the Spirit Award.
Both Wes Fargo and Johnny Concho have been battling serious physical
infirmities but continuing to presevere in their cowboy activities.
Just as Rooster Cogburn kept on getting’ on, so have these gents.
They each received a well-deserved True Grit Award.
costumes, this will be the event of
the year!
The 27th Annual END of TRAIL
is gone, but not forgotten. It ain’t
too early to mark your calendar for
June 16 through 28, 2009, so you
SASS 2008 Overall World
Champions, Holy Terror and
Shalako Joe. This is Shalako Joe’s
second overall win and Holy Terror’s
seventh consecutive top lady
ranking! Congratulations!
don’t miss seeing us next year.
As Roy Rogers told me once …
Happy Trails to you until we meet
again.
HIGHLIGHTS on pages 72, 73
Lady World Champion Mounted
Shooter, Morning Dove, is seen here
with her proud dad, Sierrita Slim.
The competition was hot and heavy
and the margin of victory over
reigning World Champion,
Star of July, was slim, indeed.
Congratulations!
Another new feature at this year’s END of TRAIL was Coyote Calhoun’s Wild West Variety Show hosted and executed
by Mad Mountain Mike and Miss Tabitha. The show featured gorgeous Peaches O’Day and the Dance Hall Darlings
as well as an outstanding suite of acts that kept the crowd enthralled for three hours Friday and Saturday evenings.
The “rapper” Dooley Gang took over
the Awards Ceremony, adding an
energy level that made the two-hour
event a real “hoot!”
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New and Improved!
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September 2008
LITTLE KNOWN
FAMOUS PEOPLE
WAY OUT WEST –
Bass Reeves
Joe Fasthorse Harrill,
SASS #48769
By Joe Fasthorse Harrill, SASS #48769
B
ASS REEVES was born a slave in
Paris, Texas in 1824. During the Civil
War, he escaped and lived among the
Five Civilized Tribes in the Oklahoma Indian
Territory. After the war he moved to Arkansas
and became a rancher. By 1875, the Indian
Territory had become extremely lawless.
Because of his knowledge of the Territory and
his ability to speak several tribal languages,
Reeves was recruited as a Deputy U.S.
Marshal. For the next 35 years Reeves served
as one of the finest peace officers in history.
He killed 14 outlaws and brought over 3,000
others to justice in his quest to tame the wild
Indian Territory. Bass Reeves died with his
boots on at Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1910. KIRST 1860 ARMY .45 COLT KONVERTER . . .
cylinder (without modification to the
1860), remove just the cylinder as
above, leaving the back plate in
place. Insert five .45 Colt, .45
Schofield, or .45 Cowboy Special
loads. (Note: In the Uberti version,
overall length on the .45 Colt cartridge is critical. Black Hills factory
.45 Colt will chamber, but some commercial loads and reloads are too
long. In the Pietta 1860’s, this is not
an issue as the cylinder is slightly
longer). Re-insert the Kirst cylinder
so the “Safety chamber” is under the
hammer when it is taken off of half
cock. To unload, remove the cylinder, then the back plate, and drop
the cases free. Some may not drop
out, especially if using blackpowder,
so just use the end of the loading
lever or a dowel to give them a push.
Once you get the hang of it, the loading and unloading time is about the
same as an R&D cylinder.
Though all of Kirst’s .45 Colt 1860
Konverter recoil plates are gated,
they work fine in an unmodified 1860
in the manner described above. Being
gated, however, they allow a hobbiest
to dremel out a cartridge channel in
the frame, as I did, and dispense with
removing the cylinder for reloading.
You can also replace the 1860’s rammer assembly in that case with one of
Kirst’s drop in Richards style 1860
ejector rod units. No cutting or modification is necessary. These changes
make the Konverter unit in the 1860
function identical to an original cartridge conversion. Loading is then
simplified, and accomplished like
most other 1873 SAA clones by moving the hammer to half cock, rotating
the cylinder, and loading cartridges
into the chambers from the rear.
Even in an unmodified gun, the loading gate is handy for checking the cartridges to see all the primers have
been indented.
AUTHENTICITY
How about authenticity?
I
already addressed the fact many
Colts were converted to various center-fire cartridges. I like the Kirst
Konverter much better than the
R&D drop in cylinder, and feel that
it is much more authentic. While
the R&D with the rotating two-piece
cylinder is historically accurate to a
degree, all of the original Colt twopiece cylinders were for the .38 rimfires and smaller, and were vary
rare. Few were made with firing
pins in the back half, and none were
made (according to Mc Dowell) for
the 1860 .44 Armies. The Kirst
Konverter has just the cylinder
rotating, and the recoil plate
(Konverter Ring) stays stationary. It
is nearly identical to the original
Richards style conversion recoil
shield/back plate, containing a single (essentially frame mounted) firing pin. I feel this is more historically correct. As for holding only five
shots in the Kirst versus six shots in
the R&D, it is true original Colt conversions were six-shot. They did,
however, generally carry them with
five chambers full, just as we in
SASS must. Even with the R&D
cylinders, you only carried five
chambers loaded anyway.
Additionally, the Kirst Konverter
retains the look and loading gate of
the original Colt Conversions, while
having the advantage of using commercial smokeless (or hand loaded
blackpowder) .45 Colt, .45 Schofield,
or .45 Cowboy Special cartridges. If
it were manufactured in a six shot
.44 Colt, you would need to use .451
healed bullets to fit the percussion
bore. (Current production Uberti .44
Colts use a modern .430 bore to allow
non-healed .44 Special type lead bullets. If you elect, as I did, to cut the
channel for loading and add the
Kirst ejector assembly, you get a very
traditional conversion that loads like
the original conversions and 1873
Colt Peacemakers and clones that
most people use. Look at the pictures and judge for yourself!
SHOOTING THE
1860 KONVERTER
As availability of many Uberti
firearms has dramatically decreased, I chose an 1860 by Pietta.
EMF is the primary source for
Pietta 1860 revolvers, and they usually have a good supply on hand.
Call Debbie or Becky at 949-2616611 for one. They are now also
Kirst dealers, so you can get both in
the same place. By the way, if you
haven’t seen a current production
Pietta 1860, you are in for a surprise. Due largely to their close
association with EMF and the Great
Western II production, they have
improved the fit and finish of their
firearms dramatically over the past
three years. My 1860 Pietta is equal
to any Uberti made revolver in fit
and finish. The polishing and bluing
is superior to their finishes of years
gone by, and the wood to metal fit is
perfect on mine. The Pietta 1860’s
action is smooth and crisp, and the
trigger pull a mere 3-1/2 pounds
right out of the box.
I chose to cut the channel so I
could eject the empties with the
optional Kirst Richard’s style ejector. It chambered and cycled Mag
Tech and Black Hills .45 Colt ammo,
as well as .45 Schofields, also from
Black Hills.
First, I shot the 230 grain Black
Hills Schofields. Off-hand traditional style, they grouped about 2-1/2
inches, and about six inches above
point of aim at ten yards. Next, I
shot the 250-grain MagTech .45 Colt
loads. They grouped a nice tight 1(Continued on page 86)
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3:10 TO WAGRAM
By Pearl SASS Life #68953
Wagram, NC: A greasy spot in
the road between Fayetteville
and Southern Pines
wo years ago, the Cross Creek
Cowboys of Fayetteville, NC, lost
their range. Searching high and
low, they finally found a new place
to homestead, behind a track full of
abandoned boxcars in Wagram, NC.
Huckleberry Mike and his bride, the
lovely Penelope Petticoat, along
with their young’uns, Snake Boot
Betty and the Linden Kid, “The
Huckleberry Posse,” spearheaded
the quest for the new location. And
lo, they found this spot and said
that it was good … once you overlooked the fact the area had been
T
used as a railway trash receptacle
for the past five decades!!
With their fellow cowbuddies,
Sandhills Slim and Ms. Jewel, Hol’
in the Head Kid, Carolina Jack
and Saddleburr Jack, Grizzly
Greg, Bo Harley, Scruffy Ron, and
the Alaska group of Twelve Mile
Bluff, Yukon Gal, and Circle City
Blondie, many happy days were
spent clearing the land of old railroad ties, coal, bottles, cans, and
trash. There was even an abandoned car found under the piles of
junk! Once the land was cleared,
berms were built, and numerous
targets fabricated by Huckleberry
Mike, the time was right for a mid-
dle North Carolina range.
With Cornbread Mama’s yummy
lunches, and Penelope Petticoat’s
challenging, but fun stages, attendance increased every month, each
third Saturday. Cowpokes and their
gals arrived from the beaches of NC,
September 2008
Winners
State Champions
N Carolina
Kill-Em-All-Kate,
SASS #45804
S Carolina
Chopper Dog,
SASS #58241
Overall
Kill-Em-All-Kate
Category Champs
L Modern
Kill-Em-All-Kate
49er
Wendover Kid,
SASS #37552
L 49er
English Bev,
SASS #33839
Traditional
Three Cut,
SASS #58264
L Traditional
Penelope Petticoat,
SASS #45702
B-Western
Castle Hayne Kid,
SASS #74722
L B-Western
Loco Linda,
SASS #52695
Senior
Sandhills Slim,
SASS #22998
L Senior
Carolina Rose,
SASS #54178
Duelist
JM Brown,
SASS #27309
L Duelist
Myra Venge,
SASS #72463
Silver Senior
Ragtime Kid,
SASS #54107
Gunfighter
Troubadour Tim,
SASS #62198
L Gunfighter
Snake Boot Betty,
SASS #57331
Buckaroo
Highfalutin Hunter
Sr Duelist
Tracker Mike,
SASS #38824
C Cowgirl
Wicked Wanda,
SASS #28122
C Cowboy
Malachi Quigley,
SASS #62137
F C Duelist
Rev. Will U. Sinmore,
SASS #13159
F Cartridge
Huckleberry Mike,
SASS #45701
L F Cartridge
Cheeki Girl,
SASS #63813
E Statesman
Salvador Dally,
SASS #37299
Clean and Smooth
(Clean Match)
Chopper Dog
Flat Iron Ed, SASS #27766
Kill-Em-All-Kate, SASS #45804
Quick Led-Better, SASS #18162
Rubicon Ryder, SASS #69415
Sandhills Slim, SASS #22998
Tracker Mike, SASS #38824
Beanie Cast Bullets provided a 500
round box of cast bullets for the top
overall NC and SC shooters.
across the flat lands in the
middle of the state, to the
mountains. And as oftentimes happens, once a good
thing
starts,
everyone
wants to jump on the bandwagon. The next thing you
know, a challenge had been
offered on the Carolina
Cowboys website, from the
NC crowd to the SC crowd.
Yep, you can be assured the
homesteaders in North
Carolina wouldn’t let their
pards to the south decline a
state versus state match!
Now, there are other
ranges in North Carolina,
and many of them are
quite nice, but the central
location of the Wagram
range made it the hands
down choice for our little
hoedown. One hundred
NC and SC cowpards
joined up on April 19, 2008.
What a beautiful day!
Sunny, Carolina blue skies,
can’t get any better than
that. Due to the boxcar
backdrop, the theme of our
competition was the popular movie from earlier in
2007, “3:10 to Yuma.”
Carolina Jack wrote up the
eight movie-based stages
for us, which were fun,
challenging, and interesting. We had to recite lines
from the movie, then start
our shooting strings, generally after some action
and movement, like pulling
the ranger off his horse
after telling him that
“Even bad men love their
mamas,” or stabbing another one of the rangers
because Ben Wade didn’t
like his singing! It was too
much fun!
Cornbread Mama had
a lunch of barbecued chicken, potato salad, collards,
green beans, coleslaw, fruit
salad, and more cakes and
cookies then 100 hungry
gunslingers could eat.
Pearl and Penelope’s Bloomer Emporium lent us
their tent to set the food up
under, and we sure did
need it in the heat.
Next year, the NC-SC
rivalry will move down to
South Carolina.
Hope
they’re ready for us! Page 80
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CODY’S WILD WEST
SHOOTOUT 2008 i
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By Buckskin Lily, SASS #51707
Buckskin Lily, SASS #51707
C
ody, Wyoming – Buffalo Bill’s “little Town in the Rockies,” was the
setting for the Cody’s Wild West
Shootout and SASS Wyoming State
Championship as cowboys and cowgirls
from 17 states and 2 foreign countries
flocked to town June 12-14, 2008 to participate in the festivities. From the
innovative side matches, to the “melodic” main match, to the many exciting
and unique experiences offered by Cody
itself, an action-packed three days of
shooting and fun were enjoyed by all.
The Shootout commenced with a
day of side matches on Thursday, June
12th. In terms of weather, it had been
touch and go all week. The Wednesday
before the match was wicked cold with
howling winds all day, and everyone was
worried about the forecast for Thursday.
However, the weatherman was wrong
again, and the day dawned wind-free
and stayed that way until the side
matches were finished.
The High Lonesome Drifters presented a full range of side matches,
including some particularly innovative
events. “Hunting Party” was a silhouette shoot with twenty steel chicken,
turkey, pig, and ram targets at distances
up to 100 yards. The shooter had twenty shots (10 pre-loaded and 10 loaded
from the body or table) to knock down
Winners
Wyoming State Champions
Man
Louisiana Lightnin’,
SASS #9836
Lady
Belle Drewry,
SASS #44888
Overall
Louisiana Lightnin’
Category Champs
49’r
Mudflat Mike,
SASS #20904
B-Western
Chucho El Roto,
SASS #45859
C Cowboy
Samuel B Carpenter,
SASS #34043
Duelist
Lighting Gordon,
SASS #5437
E Statesman
Kocheese,
SASS #8037
Frontiersman
Missouri Lee,
SASS #5860
F Cartridge
Hedley Lamarr,
SASS #14478
the 20 targets. The fastest time with the
least number of misses won the day.
Another unusual and fun event
was the “Indian Attack” that required a
two-person team to knock down 40
small Indian targets (while avoiding
the three blue cowboys hiding in their
midst) in the fastest, cleanest time.
Each team member was armed with
two loaded pistols and a rifle containing 10 rounds at the start of the attack
with no reloads allowed.
Rounding out the unique side
match events was a “Pairs Shoot” that
took place after Friday’s main match
competition. The set-up for this event
was identical to a man-on-man competition, but shooters again worked in
teams to complete the stage in the
quickest, cleanest manner. Teams shot
mirror-image stages simultaneously
and were awarded a single time (basically the time it took the slowest team
member to complete the stage), and
then all misses/procedurals for both
members (if any) were added to produce the final score.
Side match day was rounded out
by a number of other more common,
but equally enjoyable events including
a long-range single shot rifle match
with a buffalo at 600 yards, a longrange rifle caliber match with a moose
at 300 yards, pocket pistol and derringer events, and three warm-up
stages: “Showdown at the Bar,”
“Showdown on the Range,” and
“Showdown at the Sheriff’s Office.”
F C Duelist
Gunfighter
L 49’r
Grand Dame
L F C Duelist
L Senior
L S Duelist
L S Senior
L Traditional
Modern
Senior
S Duelist
Appy Dan,
SASS #67998
Guy Wolf,
SASS #53548
Bullseye Miss,
SASS #56827
Snapshot,
SASS #8036
Beebad, SASS #25307
Six Gun Annie,
SASS #24322
Cruzan Confusion,
SASS #39081
Longriders Shadow,
SASS #30325
Belle Drewry
R.P. Dodge,
SASS #20279
Noah Regrets,
SASS #51706
S Senior
Traditional
Young Gun
Clean Match
Two Bears,
SASS #2834
Trego Kid,
SASS #45143
Buttershots Kid,
SASS #60396
Deadly Diva,
SASS #2835,
Deputy Cuny,
SASS #35793,
Silent Sam,
SASS #10991,
Six Gun Annie,
SASS #24322,
/
Side Match
Pocket Pistol
Derringer
Indian Attack
Buckskin Lily,
SASS #51707, &
Noah Regrets
Hunting Party Guy Wolf,
SASS #53548
Showdown at the Bar
Showdown on the Range
Showdown at the Sheriff’s Office
Trego Kid,
SASS #45143
Pairs
Louisiana Lightnin’ &
Belle Drewry
Long Range
Single-Shot
Dash Duster,
SASS #74355
Repeater
J. J. Drifter,
SASS #28478
September 2008
By Friday morning, weather was
no longer a concern. The sky had
cleared, the wind had disappeared, and
it was a picture-perfect Wyoming
spring day at the Cody Shooting
Complex. To the west, behind the
shooting bays, the hills rose pine-covered and snow-capped under a cloudless blue sky, while to the northeast the
gray hulk of Heart Mountain towered
under its own mantle of snow. As
shooters began congregating for the
8:10 AM Opening Ceremonies and
Shooters’ Meeting, spirits were high
and everyone was eager to begin. After
the opening formalities were completed
by Match Director Joe Cross, SASS
#13848, the entire gang of 104 shooters
was lined up for a panoramic group
shot, and then the match began.
The main match stages interpreted
10 classic Western songs allowing competitors to shoot their way through such
classics as “Don’t Fence Me In,”
“Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds,” “Home on the
Range,” “Cool Water,” and “Buffalo Gals”
to name just a few. Stages were
straightforward enough to avoid undue
confusion, difficult enough to challenge
experienced shooters, and infused with a
healthy dose of humor. Stage designers
Joe Cross; Kari Lynn, SASS #13849;
Yellowstone Bill, SASS #24321; and Six
Gun Annie, SASS #24322, had shooters
bellying up to the bar, washing their
long johns, and singing (mostly badly) as
they made they way through the match.
As for targets, there was a little something for everyone with some stages featuring lots of big, close targets, and others with smaller, more distant targets.
Props including a campfire, water
troughs, cows, horses, bars, hitching
rails, and, of course, the naturally beautiful setting of the range itself, all added
to the Western ambiance of the shoot.
The six posses shot five stages on
Friday and five more on Saturday with
most finishing by around 1:30 PM both
days. These early finish times were
intentionally planned by the High
Lonesome Drifters to allow participants time to enjoy the unique
Western-style attractions Cody has to
offer. Wyoming is an open-carry state,
so shooters can mosey through town in
full gear (including guns and holsters)
without attracting a second glance—
though they may be stopped by someone wanting to compliment them on
their fine choice of shooting irons.
It’s always fun to stop by the Irma
Hotel (founded by Buffalo Bill in 1902
and named after his daughter) at
Sheridan and 12th and sip a beer in the
Silver Saddle Saloon (or out on the
patio if you’re packing).
Cassie’s
Supper Club and Dance Hall is another
place where you can enjoy a drink, dinner, and even some Western dancing, if
you’re in the mood. Cassie’s was founded in 1932 by Cassie Waters, a young
widow, “sportin’ woman,” and madam.
It’s been flourishing ever since and was
named “One of the Top 20 Steakhouses
in the West” by Cowboys and Indians
magazine in 1999.
Cody also possesses a world-class
museum, the Buffalo Bill Historical
Center
(BBHC),
dubbed
the
“Smithsonian of the West” by author
James Michener. The BBHC consists of
five separate museums housed in one
sprawling complex—the Cody Firearms
Museum (“the most comprehensive
assemblage of American firearms in the
world”), the Buffalo Bill Museum, the
Whitney Gallery of Western Art, the
Draper Museum of Natural History,
and the Plains Indian Museum. This
year the Congress of Rough Riders (a
museum membership designed exclusively for SASS members) threw a
whole-pig barbeque for attendees of the
Cody Wild West Shootout on Friday
night. Shooters who attended the dinner described the food as “exquisite.”
Another outstanding attraction in
Cody is the Cody Night Rodeo that
runs nightly from June 1st-August 31st
at Stampede Park on Yellowstone Ave.
The Cody Night Rodeo is the longestrunning rodeo in the US, having operated every summer for over 60 years.
And last, but not least, is the magnificent Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone’s East Gate is located
approximately 50 miles west of Cody
and is a great place to spend a few days
before or after the shoot.
After three days of shooting, sightseeing, and attending barbecues, shooters were ready to relax and unwind at
the Saturday night Awards Social and
Costume Competition. This final event
was held at the Cody Auditorium and
was catered by the Irma Hotel. The
Irma provided a massive dessert spread,
including their famous bread pudding
and whiskey sauce (have too much and
you’ll need someone to drive you home)
and a no-host bar. Before the distribution of shooters’ awards, contestants
paraded in sartorial splendor competing
for honors in costume categories that
included Best Floozy, Best Military, Best
Couple, Best Lady and Best Gent.
And then, finally, it was time for the
shooting awards. The top shooter in
each category received a plaque, while
second and third place shooters and all
side match winners received certificates
acknowledging their accomplishments.
But the main reason for this event was
to crown the Wyoming State Champions. Congratulations to husband and
wife Louisiana Lightnin’, SASS #9836
(still men’s champion) and Belle Drewry,
SASS #44888 (new lady’s champion) for
taking top spots in the weekend’s competition. Good shooting, you two!
The High Lonesome Drifters thanks
the Park County Travel Council and
Rocky Mountain Sports for sponsoring
Cody’s Wild West Shootout 2008. A special thank you also goes out to the BBHC
and the Irma Hotel for their gracious
photo sponsorship. All shooters received
complimentary group and posse photos
courtesy of these two generous donors.
Cody’s Wild West Shootout 2009 is
scheduled for June 11-13, 2009, so
make plans now for your return (or first
visit) to Cody Country. You’ll be real
glad you came. www.sweetshooter.com
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SASS PENNSYLVANIA STATE SHOOT 2008
. THUNDER IN THE HILLS .
El Posse Grande’s North Mountain Shoot Out IX
By Swift Montana Smith, SASS #52720
house and … okay, I see that funny
look on your face again, and you’re sittin’ there wonderin’ what “the bucket”
is. You see, the guys and gals up this
way have a tradition they started a
few years ago. They have this big
steel bucket they dump lemons, limes,
M
uncy, PA – The saddest thing
about a Cowboy Shoot is in the
leaving. For three glorious days in
the Endless Mountains of northern
Pennsylvania, two hundred and
nine men, women, and children were
able to relive the by-gone days of
yesteryear, and once again, don their
favorite Cowboy attire, wearing
shootin’ irons, and hoisting rifles
and shotguns.
I always relish the anticipation
that’s involved in the coming of these
events. You feel the way you did
when you were a kid waiting for
Christmas morning to arrive. Every
day brings you closer and closer to
the special event. For most of the
year we wear our normal work
attire. We dress in skins that don’t
feel right, but depending on our daily
rituals, it’s the look we must show to
the rest of the world. But then, we
go to a Cowboy Action Shoot, and we
get to wear what we want and
nobody looks at us and smirks. As a
matter of fact, you’re admired for
your outfit and sometimes given an
award or document that praises you
for going to great extent to look the
way you do. Imagine that happening
when you go to your regular job! But
it comes with a price, and that price
is in the leaving and the return to
No Change, SASS #5858, uses a
double barrel shotgun to shoot
from one of the North Mountain
Sportsman Association’s full size
props at the Pennsylvania
SASS State Shoot.
a bunch of ice, and some other “stuff”
in, and then pass it around for everyone to have a sip or two … or three …
or, well, you get the idea. Anyway, it
sure tastes good, and after about the
third of fourth pass, people start
Biloxi Bob, SASS #22644, Top Gun
and Overall PA State Champion,
standing along side the PA State
Top Women’s Champion,
Mustang Megs, SASS #60070.
our everyday lives of making the
world go around and getting the jobs
done that must be done. So as I
leave, I think about the day I
arrived, so I can keep the moment
going in my mind and make it last
just that much longer.
I always come as early as the
Fates will allow so I can stretch my
experience out, and although the
main match didn’t start until
Saturday, with side matches on
Friday, I had my campsite already set
up by Wednesday night. That’s when
I saw my two good friends Maudie
Sue, SASS #62721, and Empty Cases,
SASS #62720. These two drove all
the way down from Owego, New York,
a trip of over 140 miles just to visit me
when I was in the hospital, so they
have a special place in my heart. That
night we passed “the bucket” and
watched “McClintock” at the club-
Clean match competitors are rare, indeed. Many of us can only dream
of the day we will achieve a clean match … and this group did!
North Mountain’s newest prop
is a covered wagon from which all
the competitors at the SASS PA
State Shoot had a chance to shoot.
A large group of our friends from north of the border came down to
partake of the PA competition this year. It’s always great when folks travel
from other states to come to your match, but when they’re
international travelers, it’s just that much better!
September 2008
Karaoke continues to be very popular at
many SASS events … and the PA State
Championship was no exception!
laughin’ and jokin’, and before you
know it, you’re best friends with all
concerned. I think I’ve seen this done
on the Travel Channel a few times in
Mongolia or some far off place like
that, and now it all makes sense.
Someone told me we all had a
good time, but I had one of those lapses in memory the next morning that
often happens when you’re enjoying
yourself way too much. As the sun
WINNERS
Buckaroo
Buckarette
49er
B–Western
C Cowboy
Duelist
E Statesman
Frontiersman
F Cartridge
F C Duelist
F C Gunfighter
Gun Fighter
Ladies 4e’r
L B-Western
L C Cowgirl
L Duelist
Grande Dame
L F Cartridge
L Gunfighter
L Modern
L Senior
L S Senior
L Traditional
Modern
Senior
Canadian Buckshot,
SASS #76472
Miss Grizzelda,
SASS #71308
Dirty Dale,
SASS #61545
Barnmaster,
SASS #11943
Bull Shoals,
SASS #25400
Big Fred,
SASS #28338
Geriatric Kid,
SASS #28872
Mike Fink,
SASS #29047
Doc Perry,
SASS #42552
Two Tracks,
SASS #53152
Northern Crow,
SASS #39113
Doc Allan Wood,
SASS #34170
Annabelle Bransford,
SASS #11916
Gemstone Janet,
SASS #74014
Black Hills Barb,
SASS #34171
Nantucket Dawn,
SASS #15681
Bonnie Dee,
SASS #28413
Miss Delaney Belle,
SASS #6860
Mustang Megs,
SASS #60070
Dallas Rose,
SASS #52943
Basket Lady,
SASS #11944
Ellie Sodbuster,
SASS #30273
Ida Mae Holliday,
SASS #30273
Hand Cannon,
SASS #48419
Dirt Rider,
SASS #46537
S Duelist
Silver Senior
Traditional
Young Gun
L Young Gun
John Derringer,
SASS #31360
Rowdy Bill,
SASS #9628
Biloxi Bob,
SASS #22644
Curt the Crud,
SASS #56651
Alamo, SASS #42496
SIDE MATCHES
Speed Shotgun
Pump
Lady
Mustang Megs
Man
Cartwheel,
SASS #57342
Lever
Lady
Ruby Rose Longshot,
SASS #67697
Man
Constable Griz,
SASS #67397
Double
Lady
Dallas Rose
Man
Mike Fink
Speed Rifle
Cowgirl/Boy
Lady
Mustang Megs
Man
Barley Pop Bill,
SASS #53019
Buckaroo/ette
Girl
Miss Grizzelda
Boy
Canadian Buckshot
Speed Pistol
Traditional
Lady
Ida Mae Holliday
Man
Cartwheel
Duelist
Lady
Nantucket Dawn
Man
Bull Shoals
Gunfighter
Lady
Mustang Megs
Man
Cartwheel
Pocket Pistol
Lady
Side Saddle Sue,
SASS #73023
Man
Rowdy Bill
Derringer
Lady
Man
Double Shot Dot,
SASS #40424
Rowdy Bill
Mini Stage
Traditional
Lady
Man
Duelist
Gunfighter
Lady
Man
Bdoc, SASS #76983
Cartwheel,
SASS #57342
Tom Payne,
SASS #13115
Mustang Megs
Tick Ridge,
SASS #67818
Long Range
Pistol Caliber Rifle
Lady
Side Saddle Sue
Man
Slick Jim,
SASS #72679
Buckaroo
Coplay Kid,
SASS #68571
Big Bore
Lady
Double Shot Dot
Man
Hawes, SASS #44844
Single Shot
Lady
Double Shot Dot
Man
Dusty Ed,
SASS #30639
Pistol
Lady
Pick A Lilly
Man
Dusty Ed
Buckaroo
Coplay Kid
Cowboy Clays
2 Man Team
Kaydine,
SASS #7030 &
Rusty Pipes,
SASS #3238
Individual
Lady
2 Dancin’ Guns,
SASS #67736
Man
Moe Gunns,
SASS #26854
.22 Rifle
Lady
Jackie Dee
Moe Gunns
Man
Rusty Bucket Awards
Cowboy Karaoke
Best Vocal Group Dusty Drifter,
SASS #70754
Lostrider, SASS #50731
Critter T Longshot,
SASS #53188
Doc Allan Wood,
Jack Jones, SASS #73365
Best Duet
Ruby Rose Longshot,
Moonlit Rose,
SASS #72725
Can’t Carry a Tune in a Bucket
Critter T Longshot
Best Improv Act
Mustang Megs,
Barley Pop Bill
Had the Most Fun Doc Allan Wood
Spent Too Much Time in the Bucket
Jack Jones
Best Cowboy Crooner
Lostrider
Best Groupie
Black Hills Barb
COSTUME CONTESTS
Best Buckarette/roo
Miss Grizzelda &
Vaquero Colt
Best B Western Cowgirl/boy
Gemstone Janet &
Loose Change,
SASS #5859
Best Classic Cowgirl/boy
Letort Lawman,
SASS #12300
Black Hills Barb
Best Senior Cowgirl/boy
Bonnie Dee &
Frontier Bob,
SASS #45758
Best Young Gun Girl/boy
Senorita Rapida,
SASS #41091
Jake Belcher,
SASS #41092
Judges’ Choice Cowboy/Girl
Victoria Secret,
SASS #48722
Boomer Zak,
SASS #8198
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September 2008
THUNDER VALLEY DAYS ‘08
. The SASS Maryland State Championship .
By Chuckaroo, SASS Life/Regulator #13080, TG
Photos by Idle Time Photography
D
amascus, Maryland – The
SASS Maryland State Championship, Thunder Valley Days
(TVD) 2008, is now in the books.
This year’s match was the 9th year
for a state championship, and it
certainly gets better with time!
Paying tribute to the TV westerns of the 50’s and 60’s, the cowpokes took a ride down memory
lane yelling starting lines from
their favorite shows. Speaking the
familiar words of Matt Dillon,
Maverick, the Cartwright’s, the
Lone Ranger, and others was nostalgic and fun.
Shooters had their fill of side
matches, including a new addition,
the Three Stage Blast. With over
3/4 of the shooters there for the
side matches, it was a busy day for
the volunteers.
The third consecutive sell out
(three months in advance) had
competitors from 11 states. With
the exception of some pretty awful
humidity and the threat of rain
showers, everything went as
planned and ran ahead of schedWinners
L Silver Sr
Buckaroo
Frontiersman
Duelist
Gunfighter
C Cowboy
Sr Duelist
49’er
Senior
L Traditional
L 49’er
Young Gun
F C Duelist
B-Western
Modern
Tango Rose,
SASS #51321
Two Gun Tuco,
SASS #78297
Patchogue Mike,
SASS #8626
Trooper Steve,
SASS #15263
Walker Colt,
SASS #3035
Bull Shoals,
SASS #25400
Cash Caldwell,
SASS #5505
Cody Conagher,
SASS #6986
Geronimo Jim,
SASS #21775
Kiddo Caldwell,
SASS #55504
Lena Ockley,
SASS #6987
Huckleberry Hines,
SASS #60709
Doc Argyle,
SASS #12847
Red Eyed Kid,
SASS #37263
Doc Cavity,
SASS #39627
ule. A full compliment of vendors
made shopping easy, and lots of
bags were being carried away full
of great cowboy gear. There were
16 shooters that have made all 9
TVD events.
Comcast sent a crew to film the
event for a half-hour show to be
aired on their local cable channel.
The show’s host and crew did not
really know what to expect. And,
they were very excited after we
gave them the cook’s tour of the
match.
Donning their match
badges, they had a blast. They
were very excited about the show
and are planning to showcase it on
the On Demand section of
Comcast’s free shows. After two
days of filming, they really wanted
to stay. We gave them an opportunity to shoot for the first time ever,
and I’m sure we may be the host at
our next cowboy clinic in August.
In the end, we crowned a new
Maryland State Champion, NoOne, SASS #52804. He was fast
and fun to watch as he shot the
L Duelist
L F C Duelist
L Modern
Traditional
S Senior
F Cartridge
L Senior
E Statesman
Betty Jane Buckshot,
SASS #70395
Lil Feathers,
SASS #48564
Sunshine Marcie,
SASS #64900
James Samuel Pike,
SASS #53331
Rowdy Bill,
SASS #9628
Wendover Kid,
SASS #37552
Queen Of Hearts,
SASS #9938
Will Kilya,
SASS #9568
Side Match Winners
Three Stage Blast
Cowgirl
Kiddo Caldwell
Cowboy
Walker Colt
Cowboy Shotgun Challenge
Ladies
Kiddo Caldwell
Men
Wild Bill Diamond,
SASS #19375
YoungGun
Johnny Bravo,
SASS #48626
Long Range
Lever Action Rifle
Pistol Caliber
Ladies
Tomahawk Terri,
SASS #52808
Comcast Interview
Comcast Interviews Chuckaroo for a TV show.
No-One wins the Maryland Buckle
barefooted!
Men
YoungGun
Rifle Caliber
Ladies
Men
YoungGun
Long Range
Single Shot
Rifle Caliber
Ladies
Men
Long Gun Greg,
SASS #42768
Huckleberry Hines
Kiddo Caldwell
Long Gun Greg
Johnny Bravo
Kiddo Caldwell
El Fusilero,
SASS #10462
Speed Derringer
Ladies
Kiddo Caldwell
Men
Rowdy Bill
YoungGun
Huckleberry Hines
Speed Pistol
Ladies
Annabelle Bransford,
SASS #11916
Men
Walker Colt
YoungGun
Johnny Bravo
Pocket Pistol
Ladies
Kiddo Caldwell
Men
Rowdy Bill
YoungGun
Johnny Bravo
Speed Shotgun
Ladies
Sassy Shooting Sours,
SASS #67591
Men
River Banks,
SASS #55949
YoungGun
Johnny Bravo
Kiddo Caldwell is our
ladies champ for the
4th year in a row!
Cuttin’ a 2X4 in half with hot lead.
Speed Rifle
Ladies
Men
Kiddo Caldwell
Doc Pill Filler,
SASS #43921
YoungGun
Huckleberry Hines
Posse Shoot “Lumberjack”
Posses 5 and 6
Special Awards
For generously being our match
sponsor for the 9th consecutive year
Atlantic Guns
SASS “REGULATORS”
Cash Caldwell,
SASS #5505,
Jug Browning,
SASS #22356 &
D.Q. Dave,
SASS #39971
I’m just Here For The Fun
Tom Payne,
SASS #13115
Prop Killer
Devil’s Bliss
Starpacker Badges Cowboy Spirit
Renegade Lee,
SASS #51062
Best Dressed
Cowgirl
Southpaw Sadie,
SASS #49471
Cowboy
Baltimore Ed,
SASS #11754
September 2008
Maryland Champions
New SASS Regulators (L to R)
Cash Caldwell, Jug Browning,
and DQ Dave.
Trapdoor Dave makin’ lots of smoke!
Side match winners.
Overall Top Men’s Shooter,
Walker Colt.
THUNDER VALLEY DAYS ‘08 . . .
match bare-footed! The Maryland
Ladies Champ is Kiddo Caldwell,
SASS #55504, for the 4th year in a
row! Overall winner was Walker
Colt, SASS #3035, and Top Lady
was Sunshine Marcie, SASS
#64900, her 3rd year in a row!
Overall Top Lady Shooter,
Sunshine Marcie.
Wandering Bill moving to a new
position for the shotgun.
As always, our thanks go to the
Izaak Walton Leagues Wildlife
Achievement Chapter for being our
host for the match. All proceeds
will go to the Izaak Walton League
for conservation and community
projects in the Damascus, Maryland area. The chapter’s many
Waddie volunteers helped make
this event flawless!
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SASS PENNSYLVANIA STATE SHOOT 2008 . . .
came up on a windy, rainy Thursday,
North Mountain Man, SASS #44796,
came out of his camper and offered me
hot coffee to clear the cobwebs. I think
there was a Boy Scout camp in my
mouth the night before, and I cursed
the Barbadosians for inventing that
pirate’s drink, rum!
Outside our trailers and tents at
the North Mountain Sportsman
Association in Muncy, PA, there is an
imaginary picket line where the horses
are tied. Campfires are set, and last
minute tweaks and cleaning fluid are
applied to our smoke wagons, or as the
city folk call them, our firearms, the
tools of our sport. During the week we
might be a dentist, an auto mechanic, a
bricklayer, yes, and even a dishwasher,
but this weekend, we are riding with
Deputy Dawg, Yosemite Sam, and
Ricochet Rabbit, to name just a few!
“Hold on thar Bubba Louie … did
you say Deputy Dawg and Ricochet
Rabbit?”
“Yes siree, Bobcat Tail, I sure did!”
You see, that’s why I love the people
at North Mountain. They know how to
have a good time, and they also have a
sense of humor. This year’s match was a
homage to the cartoons of our childhood,
and all the scenarios involved characters like Wiley Coyote, Speedy Gonzales,
and for our friends from Canada, the
Royal Canadian Mountie Dudley DoRight with the dastardly Snidely
Whiplash close at hand! You could use
your best imitation voice of Dudley
while saying your tag line before shooting, “Stop, Snidely Whiplash, in the
name of the law!!”
The crew at the North Mountain
Sportsman Association is your typical
Cowboy crew; a handfull of people doing
more work than they should and getting
less credit then they deserve. I watched
as Doc Allan Wood, SASS #34170, put
the finishing touches on the brand new
pavilion so the shooters, guests, and
spectators would have a decent place to
sit come rain or shine. Grass needed to
be cut, and the Match Director himself,
Loose Gun, SASS #31182, was out with
a lawn mower making sure all the
ranges were manicured to perfection.
Timberland Renegade, SASS #58071,
and the Beaver Run Kid, SASS #74204,
grabbed shovels and smoothed out the
new gravel that was laid into place. Frei
Vogel SASS, #76359, and North
Mountain Dave handled the weed
whackers, saws, and hammers as if they
were an appendage. And, I would be
remiss if I didn’t mention Sodbuster Ed,
SASS #11234, who like the Eveready
Bunny, never seems to get winded or
stop working. If I had an army of Ed’s, I
could conquer the world!
These fellows worked hard, all with
smiles and grins, knowing soon the
place would be filled with people from
ten different states and Canada. Our
Canadian cousins made a great showing with ten shooters, some of whom
were here last year. I guess they went
home and told all their friends what a
great bunch of pards they had met in
KIRST 1860 ARMY .45 COLT KONVERTER . . .
inch group, about four inches above
point of aim at ten yards. I attribute
the tighter .45 Colt groups to less distance for the bullet to travel to engage
the rifling than on the shorter .45
Schofield loads. The groups were
probably so high, as the 1860 Colt’s
revolvers (whether Pietta, Uberti, or
original) all have very short, brass
front sights. The originals were regulated to be dead on at 75 yards or so …
I will probably replace it with a taller
sight fabricated from an 1870’s dime
so I don’t have to use a six o’clock hold.
I like it to be dead on at ten yards, and
about one to two inches high at fifteen
yards. The recoil was amazingly mild,
no doubt due to the superior ergonomics of the design in the long Colt 1860
grip.
Pointability was absolutely
excellent, and it was a blast to shoot.
CONCLUSION
I love my EMF Pietta 1860 Army
with my Kirst Konverter. It is now my
primary Cowboy Action Shooting™
revolver. I am glad I talked Walt into
making it commercially. For less than
the cost of an Uberti Richards-Mason,
you can have both a percussion 1860
Colt or a .45 Colt cartridge revolver
(without going through an FFL). I use
mine both ways. If you do cut the cartridge channel in the frame, it does look
a little weird with the percussion cylin-
der in, but it sure makes capping the
percussion cones (nipples) WAY easier!
You can get your Kirst Konverter from
the following vendors:
EMF <www.emf-company.com>
or (949) 261-6611
VTI Gun Parts
<www.vtigunparts.com>
or (860) 435-8068
River Junction Trade Company
<www.riverjunction.com>
or (866) 259-9127
Buffalo Arms Company
<www.buffaloarms.com>
or (208) 263-6953
Brownell’s
<www.brownells.com>
(800) 741-0015 - Some models
AUTHOR’S NOTE
Oh, by the way, if you cut the channel for the loading gate and have a
Konverter installed, you have manufactured a “firearm” under current BATFE
rules. It is legal for you to do that for
yourself without any license, though it
must be treated as any other cartridge
firearm after that. I don’t know how
the law works if you sell the Konverter
separate, and then keep the modified
revolver alone as a percussion-only
firearm. I do know if you do not modify the percussion revolver, but use it
with a Konverter, the revolver remains
as only a blackpowder firearm.
Pennsylvania and decided to return
again this year. Of course, it could have
been the big fat sourdough pretzels that
brought them back, but no … I think it
was the imaginative shooting scenarios,
all with lots of movement, the large custom made props, and the idyllic setting
in a forest surrounded by mountains of
trees and green foliage that brought
them back again. I was happy to see
them, and like all Cowboy shooting
events I have ever attended, it was like
seeing lost friends that have now
returned to brighten your day with
tales and adventure from afar.
Although it rained Wednesday
night and into Thursday bringing temperatures dipping way down into the
low 40’s, it was quite a change from last
year when temps soared into the 90’s
with humidity to match. This year the
cold made us all wonder what happened to “global warming” and why it
seemed to skip Pennsylvania. I guess
it’s selective and only shows up at political events when E-Gore appears.
By Friday the grounds were set, the
shooters packages and nametags sat in
a row, and at 12:00 noon, the thunder of
exploding powder rang through the valley as the side matches commenced.
Lester Moore, SASS #9736, TG and
Regulator, started the morning with an
RO-II class and several Cowboys
attended, took the test, and passed with
flying colors.
The weather changed, and it
became sunny and warmer, but the
humidity stayed relatively low, and it
was absolutely perfect for wearing
Victorian clothes. The sky became a
deep blue with huge puffy clouds, the
kind you look at and see familiar
shapes. I could have sworn one looked
like a Walker ‘47, and I got to thinkin’
God must love Cowboys, and he was
sending me a sign all would be well
this weekend. I like to think when the
time comes for me to pass, JW will
meet me at the end of the tunnel and
say, “Glad you could make it …
Pilgrim. Here’s your new outfit, and
you’re just in time to join our Cowboy
Action Shooting™ match!”
After the side matches were done,
all the Cowboys and Cowgirls retired to
the main clubhouse for a pot-luck dinner
and Cowboy Karaoke. There were all
manner of victuals and once again, the
pot-luck dinner was a huge success. As
the evening advanced, the temperature
dropped again, but that didn’t deter the
folks who were chompin’ at the bit to
stretch their vocal chords. Well into the
night crooners could be heard singing
their favorite tunes. Once again “the
bucket” was passed around, and I slept
secure that night knowing there wouldn’t be a raccoon, puma, or black bear
around for miles because if they were
any where within a mile of the campsite,
hearing the precocious sound emanating
from the speakers, they would be sure to
head in the opposite direction running
as fast as they could. But this was not
an audition, and everyone had a blast!
Saturday morning was brisk, and
Loose Gun started the annual event on
time, as usual. Ilene Wylie sang the
national anthem, and once again the
feeling among the crowd was evident as
she did justice to our country’s beloved
song.
We all said our Pledge of
Allegiance to the flag as well, and let me
tell you, how anyone can entertain voting for a man who won’t pledge allegiance to our flag and country just blows
me away … and I’ll leave it at that!
A group picture was taken by
Professor P.T. Litewell’s Heliographic
Emporium, and soon lead was flyin’ in
them thar hills! As I mentioned before,
all the scenarios were based on old cartoon characters, and I guess the young
shooters were a little perplexed at the
story of Deputy Dawg. But, half the fun
was explaining to them who Deputy
Dawg was and how great it was to watch
characters like that. I felt sad the only
thing kids have to watch today is a talking sponge with pants on, or some
Hispanic kid teaching them to speak
Spanish and trying to convince them to
tell their parents that illegal aliens are
okay. Oh, for the days of Looney Tunes
done to “Ride of the Valkyries” by
Wagner and in fact, one of the tag lines
in a scenario was “Kill the Wabbit!”
After the shooting stopped on
Saturday, we all headed to the local fire
hall for the banquet; nothing fancy, but
the food is always good, plentiful, and
“all-you-can-eat.” It’s nice to sit and
have a beverage or two and talk about
the day’s events. I found out Pesky Pete,
SASS #51582, had three procedurals
that day, and all his shootin’ pards started calling the procedurals “peskys” in
honor of him. It was a big a joke until
the end of shooting on Sunday when
they all found out even with three
“peskys,” Pesky Pete beat all his friends
in the rank point standings. I guess he
who laughs last …
The good climate stayed with us on
Sunday, and after the match, we all
headed to the big pavilion built for the
competitors. There was plenty of room
for everyone, and soon the shooters were
applauding the new winners of the thirty different categories. The one thing
that didn’t change was the over all winner and fastest, most accurate gun in
the entire state of Pennsylvania. Biloxi
Bob, SASS #22644, took the championship again and did it without missing
a single target. Now, you would think
this man would get tired of standing up
and receiving top honors, but true to his
nature, he is just as proud as a white
washed pig every time he wins. One of
these days this boy has got to get out to
END of TRAIL and show you “Westys”
how us pea pickers in PA do it!
The overall women’s championship
this year went to Mustang Megs, SASS
#60070. I’m happy to say I introduced
her husband, Timberland Renegade,
SASS #58071, to this sport a few years
ago. Rather than be left sitting at home
alone, she decided to join him, and she
has now become quite the expert, usually winning her chosen category of Lady
Gunfighter and doing it all left handed!
Pleasant personality, good looks, and she
can shoot. too. What a woman!
Now you know me, I could go on and
on, but I won’t. Come to Pennsylvania,
climb the North Mountain, and join us
next year for one of the best shoots east
of the Mississippi. You’ll agree the trip
was worthwhile.
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BUNKHOUSE BIDNESS
A Spotlight on SASS Clubs
Around the Country
Whooper Crane,
SASS #52745
This month we’re visiting with
one of the most “notorious” Clubs in
the Midwest … notorious because of
their special ability to attract and
support young cowboy (and cowgirl)
shooters. Let’s see how they do it.
Ohio Valley
Vigilantes
Club Badge
DETAILS:
Contact: Rowdy K.,
[email protected]
Matches: 4th Saturday of the
month, March through November
Annual Match: The Final
Showdown, Sept. 13-14
Website: www.ohiovv.com
HISTORY:
The Ohio Valley Vigilantes started life back in 1995 when Tom
Dunigan and a group of shooter
friends thought they’d like to try
their hand at Cowboy Action
Shooting™. They made arrangements with Richland County Fish &
Game to shoot at its range outside
Mansfield, Ohio. The Vigilantes
were actually the 2nd Cowboy Action
Shooting™ club in the state.
The Club grew as more local
shooters heard about all the fun the
Vigilantes were having. Like many
other clubs in those days, the
Vigilantes included lots of “fun stuff”
like tomahawk tossing and snake
repelling, along with the bang and
clang of shooting reactive steel targets.
Along about 2000, Fish & Game
By Whooper Crane, SASS #52745
decided they’d rather operate their
range without the cowboy club, so the
Vigilantes operated for two years as a
Club Without a Range … with members doing all their shooting at other
nearby (and some not so nearby) clubs.
But, the members always wanted their own range. Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta!
In 2002, along came the cavalry to
the rescue!! In this case, the cavalry
came in the form of Kevin “Lake
Jones” Colopy, who just happened to
have 40 acres of property about 30
miles south of Mansfield, just outside Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Kevin pointed out a section of his
land that fronted on a wooded area,
with a natural earthen berm!!! The
Club had a range of its own … without a parent club telling them how to
run it! This is the stuff dreams are
made of!!! From that point on, the
Vigilantes have grown and prospered to become one of the notable
Clubs in the Midwest.
One of the things that has
helped is their vision of putting
together a “town” of permanent stage
fronts for their shooting scenarios.
They currently have a Log Cabin, a
General Store, and their pride and
joy, the Liberty Jail. For their
Annual Shoot in September, they
supplement these with additional
“move and groove” stages. Soon, the
Vigilantes will unveil their latest
endeavor, an authentic-looking permanent Blacksmith Shop. Did I
mention that in their spare time,
they’ve also constructed a permanent pavilion with built-in office?
Through the years there’s been plenty of action with these Cowboy
Action Shooters!
INTERESTING STUFF
Another facet of this cub, for
which they are justly proud, is the
success they’ve had recruiting and
nurturing young shooters.
Several years ago, a young lady
shooter, age eight, asked her Dad if
she could join the fun her parents
were having at Vigilante matches.
The club welcomed her and, through
the tutelage of her folks and various
club members, she’s become one of
our game’s best young shooters.
We’re talking about Sage Chick (now
at the age of 14) who became this
year’s National Junior Girls
Champion and Overall Top Lady
Champion at Winter Range, and also
captured the World Junior Girls
Championship at END of TRAIL this
June, along with the World Lady’s
Speed Pistol Championship.
Her brother, The Kilbourne Kid,
is also showing remarkable Cowboy
Action Shooting™ skills to his fellow
Vigilante members. Look for him in
the “Buckle Brigade” at major
matches, too.
Another club member, Terrible
Tyler, (who started the sport at age 9
and is now 16) won 3rd Place in the
Junior Boys Category at END of
TRAIL and at this year’s World
Speed Pistol Championship. These
young people are the future of our
game … but they’re showing us old
timers how it’s played right now!
Helping these young’uns develop
so well are a cadre of Vigilante members, and even former members like
Colt McCalister who ran a very successful shooting school at last year’s
Final Showdown Annual Match. He
included the young’uns in his school
for FREE. By the way, young shooters always shoot and eat FREE at
Vigilante matches! What a great way
to support the club’s youth program.
Speaking of the club’s matches,
they usually round up 50-60 shooters each month for their regular
shoots, and 80-90 for their annual.
Their annual boasts a huge event
tent, two incredible Whole Hog Roast
Dinners, a number of name brand
vendors, and a host of top name
shooters. (Do the names Lassiter,
Honey B. Quick, Smokin’ Iron, or
Max Montana ring a bell?)
Did I mention vendors? The
Vigilantes have a unique approach
toward vendors. They invite them to
their monthly matches and their
annual to set up their tents for
FREE … shoot for FREE … and eat
for FREE! Something tells me this
might be a wave of the future. We
need these fine folks at our matches
more than we need their money.
Perhaps other clubs might consider
similar vendor arrangements.
Vigilantes’ monthly matches
often take on a unique approach, too.
In July, they celebrate National
Cowboy Day by designating each
stage a B-Western commemorative
… with life-sized cutouts of Hoppy,
Roy, Gene, Randolph Scott, Clint,
and Duke gracing the firing lines—
and famous lines from their movies
as the signal to start the timer. In
August, it’s Cowgirl Month, highlighting Annie Oakley, Lucille
Mulhall, Dale Evans, and other
notable western ladies featured at
the stages.
In October, they celebrate
Halloween by wearing costumes
(cowboy or not) when they shoot.
Last year, Ruthless McDraw donned
her cowgirl outfit completely backto-front. I’ll bet the Spotters hit the
dirt when she lined up at the first
stage to shoot!
Vigilante members try to keep
up with what’s going on in the rest of
the country. Many of them go to
major matches far away from
home—and bring back the Shooters’
Handbooks to pour over for ideas to
include in their upcoming monthly
matches. You’ll often find END of
TRAIL, Winter Range, Mule Camp,
and Guns of August stages popping
up at Vigilante shoots.
Before signing off, I want to tell
you about another concept the
Vigilantes are putting together to
foster interest in the shooting sports
by local youth. The Vigilantes are
working with their Boy Scout
Council to invite Scout Troops to visit
their range and to learn, through several NRA Instructor Vigilante members, the basics of shooting safety …
and shooting FUN. Perhaps more
young cowboy shooters will come
September 2008
from this endeavor but, more
importantly, a group of young
people will learn that shooting
is a good thing that can be safely enjoyed by everyone. It’s a
great first step.
Next month we’ll head for
the Deep South to see what
Cowboy Action Shooters™ are
doing to “play the game” their
way. See you then. Ride easy.
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SASS Advertisers Index
D.S. Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Jaxonbilt Hat Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Pioneer Gun Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Sassdecals.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Action Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Daniel Joseph Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Jeff Flannery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Quick Draw Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Shasta Leatherworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Ajax Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Dennis Reigel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Jim Downing Custom Engraver . . . . . 64
Redding Reloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Shootout at Givhans Ferry . . . . . . . . . . 85
American Cowboy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Dennis Yoder Leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Jose Valencia Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Redwing Trading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Star Packer Badges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Amigo Guncarts-Driscoll Studios . . . . 97
Desperado Cowboy Bullets . . . . . . . . . 42
Kaw Valley Mercantile . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Richard E. Leach(wanted c/c) . . . . . . 100
Starline Brass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Ammo Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Diamond J. Gunsmithing . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Kiowa Creek Trading Co. . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rodney Yates Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Sweet Shooter Gun Cleaner . . . . . . . . 81
Antique Pocket Watches . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Dillon Precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Kirkpatrick Leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rose D’zynes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Sweet Shooter Gun Cleaner . . . . . . . . 97
Arntzen Steel Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Dixie Gun Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Kirst Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Rossi 92’ Specialists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tatonka Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Back Pocket Guncart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
El Paso Saddlery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Klamath River Woodworks . . . . . . . . . 98
Rugged Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Taylors & Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Ballistol USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
El Paso Saddlery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Laughing Moon Mercantile . . . . . . . . . 99
Running Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tecumseh Trdg Post(cowboy) . . . . . . 100
Bar S Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Electronic Shooters Protection . . . . . . 28
Leather Crafters & Saddlery Journal . . 60
Rusty Musket Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . 99
Ted Blocker Holsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Bayou Bounty Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Elite Sports Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Leather, Guns & Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Ruxton’s Trading Post . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Ten-Ring Precision, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Bianchi International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Elk Horn Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Liberty Leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sacramento Dry Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Ten-X Ammunition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Big 45 Frontier Gun Shop . . . . . . . . . . 99
EMF Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Lindhom Bros. Spurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SASS - Bobblehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Tonto Rim Trade Company . . . . . . . . . . 4
Bill Johns Master Engraver . . . . . . . . . 65
EMF Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Lone Rider Leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
SASS - Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Top Brass - Scharch Mfg. Inc. . . . . . . . 24
Bond Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
EMF Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Long Hunter Shooting Supply . . . . . . . 10
SASS - Corporal Dow Book . . . . . . . . 68
True West Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Bozeman Trail Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
EMF Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Macoupin County Regulators . . . . . . 100
SASS - Corporate Membership . . . . . . 61
Uberti-Stoeger Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Buffalo Arms Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
EMF Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Magma Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SASS - End of Trail 2006 DVD . . . . . 35
W.A.Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Buffalo Runner Boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Enck’s Gun Barn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Meister Bullet & Ammunition . . . . . . . 50
SASS - Evil Roy DVD Series . . . . . . . 18
Walker 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Buffalo Western Wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Espinoza Bootmaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Mernickle Custom Holsters . . . . . . . . . 25
SASS - Membership Application . . . 107
Western And Wildlife Wonders . . . . . . 11
Cal Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Evil Roy Shooting School . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mike’s Custom Hatters . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SASS - Match Management . . . . . . . . 35
Western Stage Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Calico Lassie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Folkwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Moore Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
SASS - MERCANTILE . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Wild West Mercantile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Cart-Right Carts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Front Sight - U.S. Practical Schools . . 45
Mounted Shooters of America . . . . . . . 63
SASS - MERCANTILE . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Winter Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Champion Attitude Boots . . . . . . . . . . 29
Golden Gate Western Wear . . . . . . . . . 59
Munden Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SASS - MERCANTILE . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Wooden Works West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chronicle of the Old West . . . . . . . . . . 47
Great Basin Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mustang Woodcrafters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SASS - MERCANTILE . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Working Cowboy Gun Leather Shop . 99
Cimarron FA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Griner Gunworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
NRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
SASS - MERCANTILE . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Xcalibers Reloading Supplies . . . . . . . 47
Circle KB Leatherworks . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Grip Maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Numrich Gun Parts Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 49
SASS - MERCANTILE . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Xcalibers Reloading Supplies . . . . . . . 98
Classic Old West Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Gun Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Nutmeg Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
SASS - MERCANTILE . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Cochise Leather Company . . . . . . . . . 42
Gunfighter 928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Oak Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SASS - Mounted Mercantile . . . . . . . . 52
Competition Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Guns Of The Old West . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Off The Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SASS - Museum Raffle . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Cook’s Bison Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Hamilton Dry Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Oklahoma Leather Products . . . . . . . . 98
SASS - Scholarship Raffle . . . . . . . . . 51
Cowboy Fast Draw Association . . . . . 24
Heart Diamond Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Old River Saddlery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
SASS - Scholarship Winners . . . . . . . . 13
Cowboys, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
I.A.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Olde Tyme Mercantile . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
SASS - University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cowboys And Indian Store . . . . . . . . . 39
James & Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Pair-O-Dice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SASS - Wanted Dead or Alive . . . . . . 53
D Bar J Hat Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
James Country Mercantile . . . . . . . . . . 65
Perfect Shot, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
SASS - Winners Buckle . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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2 T Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
September 2008
SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE
Club Name
Sched.
Alaska 49er’s
1st Sat & 3rd Sun
Golden Heart Shootist Society
2nd Sat & Last Sun
Juneau Gold Miners Posse
3rd Sun
North Alabama Regulators
1st Sun
Alabama Rangers
2nd Sun
Gallant Gunfighters
3rd & 5th Sun
Vulcan Long Rifles
3rd Sat
Cahaba Cowboys
3rd Sun
Old York Shootists
4th Sun
Mountain Valley Vigilantes
1st Sat & Sun
Critter Creek Citizens Vigilance
1st Sun
Outlaw Camp
2nd & 5th Sat
Judge Parker’s Marshals
2nd Sat
Arkansas Lead Slingers
2nd Sat & 4th Sun
South Fork River Regulators
3rd Sat
True Grit SASS
4th Sun
Cochise Gunfighters
1st Sat
Rio Salado Cowboy Action
Shooting Society
1st Sat
Cowtown Cowboy Shooters, LLC 1st Sun & 3rd Sat
Colorado River Regulators
2nd & 4th Sun
Arizona Cowboy Shooters
Association, Inc
2nd Sat
Pima Pistoleros Cowboy
Action Shooter
2nd Sat
Tombstone Ghost Riders
Action Club
2nd Sat
YRL-High Country Cowboys
2nd Sun
Los Vaqueros
3rd Sat
White Mountain Old West Shootists 3rd Sat
Tonto Rim Marauders
3rd Sun
Altar Valley Pistoleros
3rd Sun & 5th Sun
Mohave Marshalls
3rd Sun & 5th Sun
Arizona Yavapai Rangers
4th Sat
Dusty Bunch Old Western Shooters 4th Sat
Tombstone Buscaderos
4th Sat
Colorado River Shootists
4th Sun
Sunnyvale Regulators
1st & 3rd Mon
West End Outlaws
1st & 3rd Sat
Silver Queen Mine Regulators
1st & 3rd Sun
Escondido Bandidos
1st Sat
Lassen Regulators
1st Sat
The Outlaws
1st Sat
Two Rivers Posse
1st Sat & 4th Sun
Hole In The Wall Gang
1st Sun
Mother Lode Shootist Society
1st Sun
River City Regulators
1st Sun
5 Dogs Creek
1st Wknd
Cajon Cowboys
2nd & 4th Sat
Chorro Valley Regulators
2nd & 5th Sun
California Rangers
2nd Sat
Dulzura Desperados
2nd Sat
Guns in the Sun
2nd Sat
Shasta Regulators Of Hat Creek
2nd Sat
Brimstone Pistoleros
2nd Sun
Double R Bar Regulators
2nd Sun
High Sierra Drifters
2nd Sun
Richmond Roughriders
2nd Sun
The Over The Hill Gang
2nd Sun
Bridgeport Vigilantes
3rd Sat
Burro Canyon Gunslingers
3rd Sat
North County Shootist Assoc.
3rd Sat
Plunge Creek Cowboys
3rd Sat
Robbers Roost Vigilantes
3rd Sat
Shasta Regulators
3rd Sat
High Desert Cowboys
3rd Sun
Kings River Regulators
3rd Sun
Murieta Posse
3rd Sun
Panorama Sportsman Club
3rd Sun
South Coast Rangers Perry Adams Cowboy Match
3rd Sun
Ukiah Gun Club
3rd Sun
California Shady Ladies
4th Sat
Coyote Valley Sharp Shooters
4th Sat
Deadwood Drifters
4th Sat
Hawkinsville Claim Jumpers
4th Sat
Mad River Rangers
4th Sat
Pozo River Vigilance Committee 4th Sat
FaultLine Shootist Society
4th Sun
The Cowboys
4th Sun
The Range
4th Sun
Sloughhouse Irregulators
5th Sat & Sun
Colorado Cowboys
1st Sat
Colorado Shaketails
1st Sun
San Juan Rangers
1st Sun
Windygap Regulators
1st Wknd
Four Corners Rifle and Pistol Club 2nd Sun
Montrose Marshals
2nd Sun
Pawnee Station
3rd Sat
Rockvale Bunch
3rd Sat
Castle Peak Wildshots
3rd Sun
Four Corners Gunslingers
3rd Sun
Thunder Mountain Shootists
3rd Wknd
Northwest Colorado Rangers
4th Sat
Pawnee Sportsmens Center
4th Sat
Black Canyon Ghost Riders
4th Sun
Sand Creek Raiders
4th Sun
Ledyard Sidewinders
1st Sat
Congress of Rough Riders
1st Sun
CT Valley Bushwackers
2nd Sun
Padens Posse
3rd Sun
Big River Rangers
1st Sat
Gold Coast Gunslingers
1st Sat
Howey In the Hills Cowboys
1st Sat
Hernando County Regulators
1st Sun
Contact
Phone
City
Tripod
Ruby Lil
The Farmer
Six String
RC Moon
Buck D. Law
Havana Jim
Duke Slade
Derringer Di
Christmas Kid
Evil Bob
Ozark Outlaw
Reno Sparks
Dirty Dan Paladin
Kid Thorn
Sister Sundance
I.B. Good
907-373-0140
907-488-0792
907-321-5845
256-582-3621
205-410-5707
256-504-4366
205-822-1799
205-854-0483
205-647-6925
501-625-3554
903-838-3897
501-362-2963
918-647-9704
479-633-2107
870-488-5447
479-968-7129
520-366-5401
Birchwood
Chatanika
Juneau
Woodville
Brierfield
Birmingham
Hoover
Argo
Hoover
Hot Springs
Fouke
Heber Springs
Fort Smith
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Salem
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AK
AK
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AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
AR
AZ
AZ Lightning Jack
Barbwire
Crowheart
480-820-7372
480-488-3064
928-855-2893
Mesa
Phoenix
Lake Havasu
AZ
AZ
AZ
Sunshine Kay
602-973-3434
Phoenix
AZ
Wander N. Star
520-744-3869
Tucson
AZ
Wily Yankee
J. P. Trouble
Canelo Kid
Fred Sharps
Silverado Cid
Dirty Dave
Mizkiz
Johnny Meadows
Squibber
Diamond Pak
ClueLass
Shaniko Jack
Rob Banks
Walks Fletcher
Devil Jack
Earl
Jackalope Jasper
Dragon
Frito Bandito
Dusty Webster
Baldy Green
Dirt McFearson
Bojack
Gunsmoke Slim
Melvin P. Thorpe
Hashknife Willie
Deacon Dick
Cayenne Pepper
Rowdy Yates
Kentucky Gal
Peaceful
Buffy
Kooskia Kid
Bee Blest
Don Trader
Graybeard
Horace Falcon
Nasty Newt
Modoc
Doc Silverhawks
Slick Rock Rooster
Black Jack Traven
Desperado
520-400-8962
928-445-2468
520-682-7742
928-532-7820
928-474-8649
520-889-9231
928-753-4266
928-567-9227
520-568-2852
520-780-4852
928-726-7727
650-347-5625
714-206-6893
310-539-8202
760-741-3229
530-253-3868
530-344-8121
209-836-4042
661-406-6001
209-795-7430
707-425-8569
661-805-3281
760-956-8852
805-238-9567
916-984-9770
619-271-1481
760-340-0828
530-275-3158
714-532-2922
760-956-6921
209-293-4456
650-994-9412
818-566-7900
760-932-1139
714-827-7360
760-727-9160
951-845-4827
760-375-7618
530-365-1839
661-948-2543
559-299-8669
530-677-0368
818-341-7255
Tombstone
Prescott
Tucson
Taylor
Payson
Tucson
Kingman
Camp Verde
Casa Grande
Tombstone
Yuma
Cupertino
Lytle Creek
Azusa
Escondido
Susanville
Sacramento
Manteca
Piru
Jamestown
Davis
Bakersfield
Devore
San Luis Obispo
Sacramento
San Diego
Palm Springs
Burney
Lucerne Valley
Lucerne Valley
Railroad Flat
Richmond
Sylmar
Bridgeport
Chino
Pala
Highland
Ridgecrest
Redding
Acton
Clovis
Rancho Murieta
Sylmar
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
AZ
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
Swifty Schofield
805-968-7138
Will Bonner
707-462-1466
Lady Gambler
916-447-2040
Wif
408-448-3256
Lusty Lil
323-353-3898
Deacon Doug
530-926-4538
Kid Kneestone
707-445-1981
Dirty Sally
805-438-4817
Querida
831-636-3348
Captain Jake
714-536-2635
Grass V.Federally
530-273-4440
Badlands Bud
530-677-0368
El Gato Gordo
719-683-6713
Yaro
303-646-3777
Kodiak Kid
970-252-1841
Piedra Kidd
970-565-9228
Capt. W. K. Kelso
970-565-3840
Big Hat
970-249-7701
Red River Wrangler 970-225-0545
Nevada Steel
719-784-6683
Old Squinteye
970-524-9348
Cerveza Slim
970-247-0745
Pinto Being
970-464-7118
Sagebrush Burns
970-824-8407
Governor General
970-656-3851
Double Bit
970-874-8745
Sweet Water Bill
303-366-8827
Yosemite Gene
860-536-0887
Snake Eyes F. Tanner 203-612-8855
Johnny Pecos
413-572-2820
Hazel Pepper
302-422-6534
Nimrod Long
850-592-5665
L. Topay
305-233-5756
Lady Robin
352-429-2587
Shady Brady
352-686-1055
State
Santa Barbara
CA
Ukiah
CA
Sloughhouse
CA
San Jose
CA
Piru
CA
Yreka
CA
Blue Lake
CA
Santa Margarita CA
Gonzales
CA
Norco
CA
Grass Valley
CA
Sloughhouse
CA
Lake George
CO
Ramah
CO
Montrose
CO
Cortez
CO
Cortez
CO
Montrose
CO
Wellington
CO
Rockvale
CO
Gypsum
CO
Durango
CO
Grand Junction
CO
Craig
CO
Briggsdale
CO
Hotchkiss
CO
Byers
CO
Ledyard
CT
Naugatuck
CT
East Granby
CT
Seaford
DE
Grand Ridge
FL
Fort Lauderdale FL
Howey in the Hills FL
Brooksville
FL
Club Name
Sched.
The Hatbill Gang
1st Sun
Fort White Cowboy Cavalry
2nd Sat
Resurrection Rangers
2nd Sat
Okeechobee Marshals
2nd Sat & 4th Sun
Panhandle Cowboys
2nd Sun
Tater Hill Gunfighters
2nd Sun
Weewahootee Vigilance Committee 2nd Sun
Five County Regulators
3rd Sat
Lake County Pistoleros
3rd Sat
Martin County Marshals
3rd Sat
Southwest Florida Gunslingers
3rd Sat
Miakka Misfits
3rd Sun
Indian River Regulators
4th Sat
Panhandle Cattle Company
4th Sat
Cowford Regulators
4th Sun
Doodle Hill Regulators
4th Sun
Antelope Junction Rangers
Fridays
Withlacoochee Renegades, The
Last Sat
American Old West Cowboys
1st Sat
River Bend Rough Riders
1st Sat
Valdosta Vigilance Committee
1st Sat
Lonesome Valley Regulators
1st Sun
Doc Holliday’s Immortals
2nd Sat
Pale Riders
2nd Sat
Mule Camp Cowboys
3rd Sat
3rd Sat
Cherokee Cowboys
4th Sat
Maui Marshals
1st & 3rd Sat
Turkeyfoot Cowboys
1st Sat (Mar-Nov)
Zen Shootists
4th Sat (Mar-Oct)
Southeast Idaho Practical Shooters 1st Sat
Squaw Butte Regulators
1st Sun & 2nd Sat
Boundary Maurauders
1st Sun & 4th Sat
El Buscaderos
2nd & 4th Sun
Northwest Shadow Riders
2nd Sat
Southern Idaho Rangers
2nd Sat
Oregon Trail Rough Riders
2nd Sun & 3rd Sat
Hell’s Canyon Ghost Riders
3rd Sat
Twin Butte Bunch
3rd Sat
Panhandle Regulators
3rd Sun
Snake River Western
Shooting Society
4th Sat
Shady Creek Shootists
1st & 4th Sun
Rangeless Riders
1st Sat
The Lakewood Marshal’s
1st Sat
Boneyard Creek Regulators
1st Sun
Kishwaukee Valley Regulators
1st Sun
Kaskaskia Cowboys
2nd Sat
The Free Grazers
2nd Sat
Tri County Cowboys
2nd Sat
Illinois River City Regulators
2nd Sun
Vermilion River Long Riders
2nd Sun
Nason Mining Company Regulators 3rd & 5th Sat
Macoupin County Regulators
3rd Sat
McLean County Peacemakers
3rd Sat
Fort Beggs Defenders
3rd Sun
Illowa Irregulars
3rd Sun (Apr-Oct)
Marion County Renegades
4th Sat
Good Guys Posse
4th Sun
Long Nine Cowboys, Inc.
4th Sun
Dewmaine Drifters
As Sched
Salt River Renegades
As Sched
Cutter’s Raiders
1st Sat all year,
& 4th Sat (Apr-Aug)
Big Rock SASS
2nd & 4th Sat
Daleville Desperados
2nd & 4th Sat
Schuster’s Rangers
2nd Sun
Pleasant Valley Renegades
2nd Wknd
High Ground Regulators
3rd & 5th Sat
Circle R Cowboys
3rd Sat
Stark County Desert
3rd Sat
Thunder Valley
3rd Sat
Red Brush Raiders
4th Sat
Deer Creek Regulators
4th Sun
Wildwood Wranglers
4th Sun
Indiana Black Powder Guild
5th Sat
Indiana Black Powder Guild
As Sched
Butterfield Gulch Gang
1st Sun
Powder Creek Cowboys
2nd & 4th Sat
& 4th Wed
Mill Brook Wranglers
2nd Sun
Free State Rangers
3rd
Sand Hill Regulators
3rd Sat
Capital City Cowboys
4th Sun
Kentucky Regulators
1st Sat
Hooten Old Town Regulators
1st Sat (Mar - Dec)
Knob Creek Gunfighters Guild
1st Sun
Crab Orchard Cowboy Shootist
2 nd Sat
Green River Gunslingers
2nd Sat
Kentucky Longrifles Cowboys
2nd Sat
Ohio River Rangers
2nd Sat
Lonesome Pine Pistoleros
2nd Sun
Fox Bend Peacemakers
4th Sun
Devil Swamp Gang
1st Sat
Up The Creek Gang
2nd & 4th Sat
Bayou Bounty Hunters
2nd Sat
Cajun Cowboy Shooters Society
2nd Sun
Cypress Creek Cowboys
2nd Wknd
Grand Ecore Vigilantes
3rd Sat
Guns of Sabine Pass
3rd Sat
Deadwood Marshals
4th Sat
Danvers Desperados
As Sched
Harvard Ghost Riders
As Sched
Mansfield Marauders
As Sched
Shawsheen River Rangers
As Sched
If your Listing is incorrect, please notify Prairie Mary (505) 286-4566.
Contact
Phone
City
Santa Fe River Stan
Kid Hawkins
Tennessee Tonto
Buffalo Brady
Panhandle B. Kid
Judge JD Justice
Weewahootee
Dead Shot Scott
Halfbreed
Jasper Jim
Denver Darlin
Cracker Jake
Turkey Creek Red
Tac Hammer
Cowford Kid
Dave Smith
Mayeye Rider
Hungry Bear
Josey Buckhorn
Hardbark Harry
Big Boyd
Wishbone Hooper
Easy Rider
Will Killigan
San Quinton
Trail Bones
H. B.
Bad Burt
Kingdom Kid
Cap Horn
Idaho Packer
Acequia Kidd
Mud Marine
Cap’N Crump
Silverado Belle
Black Jack Kid
John Bear
J.P. Sloe
Idaho Packer
Headshot
386-423-2495
386-454-2067
813-920-4280
772-344-6119
850-432-1968
941-743-4043
407-857-1107
239-261-2892
352-669-1700
561-747-4487
239-404-0724
941-748-0741
321-728-7928
850-785-6535
904-219-3795
813-645-3828
727-736-3977
850-929-2406
423-236-5281
404-373-8088
229-244-3161
478-922-9384
770-954-9696
706-568-0869
706-540-0400
423-842-6116
404-634-3151
808-875-9085
319-351-7572
515-999-2089
208-589-5941
208-365-4551
208-597-6191
509-447-7956
208-743-5765
208-238-8235
208-562-1914
208-798-0826
208-589-5941
208-245-4743
Titusville
Fort White
Brooksville
Indiantown
Pensacola
Arcadia
Orlando
Punta Gorda
Tavares
Stuart
Punta Gorda
Myakka City
Palm Bay
Port St. Joe
Jacksonville
Ruskin
Pineallas Park
Pinetta
Flintstone
Dawsonville
Valdosta
Warner Robins
Griffin
Mauk
Covington
Ringgold
Gainesville
Maui
Evandale
Nevada
Idaho Falls
Emmett
Bonners Ferry
Spirit Lake
Lewiston
Pocatello
Boise
Moscow
Rexburg
Plummer
State
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
FL
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
GA
HI
IA
IA
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
ID
Missy Mable
Dapper Dan Porter
The Inspector
Pine Ridge Jack
Wild Pike
MT Mnt Man Mike
Beaucoup Joe
Fossil Creeek Bob
Sierra Hombre
Chillicothe Outlaw
Lead Poison Lar
Lowdown Highwall
One Good Eye
Marshall RD
Torandado
Shamrock Sis
Shell Stuffer
Longtooth
Postman
Wounded Knees
Newsome Porter
208-731-6387
309-734-2324
618-345-5048
618-838-9410
217-356-5136
815-899-0046
618-426-3072
618-238-4222
815-967-6333
309-579-2443
815-875-3674
618-279-3500
618-585-3956
309-379-4331
815-302-8305
309-798-2635
618-822-6952
847-395-0664
217-415-1118
618-997-4261
217-985-4915
Jerome
Little York
Highland
Cisne
Newman
Sycamore
Sparta
Effingham
Hazelhurst
East Peoria
Leonore
West Frankfort
Bunker Hill
Bloomington
Plainfield
Milan
Sandoval
Rockford
Loami
Carterville
Quincy
ID
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
IL
Midnite Desperado
Southpaw Too
Jennifer Jericho
Coal Car Kid
Nomore Slim
Blackjack Max
Mustang Bill
Whip Mccord
Redneck Rebel
Doc Goodluck
Doc Molar
VOODOOMAN
Manatee
CC Filson
Polecat Ron
574-893-7214
812-866-2406
765-378-5122
219-759-3498
812-839-3052
765-832-3324
219-279-2781
219-942-5859
812-755-4237
812-721-1188
765-948-3844
219-872-2721
317-640-0172
574-551-7693
785-827-8149
Warsaw
Lexington
Daleville
Chesterton
Canaan
Putnamville
Brooksten
Knox
Campbellsburg
Newburgh
Jonesboro
Michigan City
Paradise Pass
Etna Green
Chapman
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
IN
KS
Shawnee Shamus
913-236-8812
Grandpa B. Millbrook785-421-2537
Buffalo Phil
913-898-4911
Goat Roper
620-345-3151
Newton
785-925-0281
Kentucky Dover
270-658-3247
Bullfork Shotgun Red606-776-6719
Cumberland Drifter 502-548-3860
R.C. Lakota
270-322-3014
Yak
270-792-9001
Bullfork Shotgun Red606-784-0067
Jim Spears
270-443-5216
Isom Kid
606-633-4465
Tioga Kid
859-277-9693
Cooper York
504-722-8988
Hardly Able
337-474-5058
Soiled Dove
985-796-9698
Durango Dan
225-752-2288
Mav Dutchman
318-396-6320
Ouachita Kid
318-932-6637
Flip-A-Coin
337-463-5690
Barkeeps
225-715-8711
Cyrus Cy Klopps
781-667-2857
Yosemite Kid
781-373-2411
Mohawk Mac
508-369-5093
Yukon Willie
978-663-3342
Lenexa
Hill City
Parker
Hutchinson
Topeka
Boaz
Mckee
Shepardsville
Clay
Bowling Green
Morehead
Paducah
Jeremiah
Wilmore
Thibodaux
Lake Charles
Amite
Baton Rouge
Downsville
Natchitoches
Melder
Sorrento
Middleton
Harvard
Mansfield
Bedford
KS
KS
KS
KS
KS
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
KY
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
LA
MA
MA
MA
MA
September 2008
SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE (Cont.)
Club Name
Sched.
Contact
Phone
Gunnysackers
Sat
Nantucket Dawn
781-749-6951
Eas’dern Shore Renegades
1st Sat
Slash Eight
410-648-6829
Thurmont Rangers
1st Sun
Cody Conagher
304-258-1419
St. Charles Sportsman’s Club
Cowboy Action
2nd Sat
Rufus Lupus
301-499-7879
Monocacy Irregulars
3rd Tues
Church Key
304-229-8266
Damascus Wildlife Rangers
4th Sat (Mar-Nov) Chuckaroo
301-831-9666
Beaver Creek Desperados
As Sched
Jimmy Reb
207-698-4436
Big Pine Bounty Hunters
As Sched
Ripley Scrounger
207-876-3541
Blue Hill Regulators
As Sched
Dangerous D. Dalton 207-667-3586
Capitol City Vigilance Committee As Sched
Mark Lake
207-622-9400
Hurricane Valley Rangers
As Sched
Leo
207-829-3092
Rockford Regulators
1st Sat
No Cattle
616-363-2827
River Bend Rangers
2nd Sat
Jonathan Slim Chance 574-277-9712
Double Barrel Gang
2th Sat
Slippery Pete
269-838-6944
Chippewa Regulators
3rd Sat
Lazy Eye Ben
906-632-2720
Sucker Creek Saddle & Gun Club 3rd Sat
Cree Vicar Dave
989-654-3636
Hidden Valley Cowbays
3rd. Sun
Triple Creek Shorty 269-273-8334
Eagleville Cowboys
4th Sat
Thummper John
231-377-7232
Johnson Creek Regulators
4th Sat
Rainmaker Ray
248-991-9073
Rocky River Regulators
As Sch
Terrebonne Bud
248-709-5254
Saginaw Field & Stream Club
As Sched
Katie Callahan
989-585-3292
West Walker Rangers
As Sched
Two Rig A Tony
616-891-6917
Lapeer County Sportsmans
Club Wranglers
Sun
Ricochet Bill
810-441-2438
Cedar Valley Vigilantes
1st & 3rd Sat
Kaycee McCaylum 507-455-1101
Crow River Rangers
1st Sun
Cantankerous Jeb
763-682-3710
Lookout Mountain Gunsmoke
Society
2nd Sat
Wagonmaster
218-744-4694
East Grand Forks Rod & Gun Club 3rd Sun
BB Gunner
218-779-8555
Ike’s Clantons
4th Sun (Apr-Sep)
Dawgnapper
320-275-2052
The Ozark Posse
1st Sat
Tightwade Swede
417-847-0018
Rocky Branch Rangers
1st Sun
Iza Littleoff
816-524-1462
West Plaines Waddies
2nd & 5th Sat
Major Missalot
417-284-1432
Moniteau Creek River Raiders
2nd Sun
Doolin Riggs
573-687-3103
Central Ozarks Western Shooters 3rd Sun
X S Chance
573-765-5483
Gateway Shootist Society
3rd Sun
Bounty Seeker
636-464-6569
Southern Missouri Rangers
4th Wknd
Smokie
417-759-9114
Natchez Six Gunners
1st Sat
Winchester
601-445-5223
Mississippi Peacemakers
3rd Sat
Squinter
601-825-8640
Mississippi River Rangers
4th & 5th Sat
Easy Lee
662-838-7451
Honorable Road Agents
Shooting Society
1st Sat
Diamond Red
406-685-3618
Sun River Rangers Shooting Society 1st Sun & 4th Sat
Jeb Stuart
406-727-7625
Gallatin Valley Regulators
2nd Wknd
Missouri River Kid 406-587-2072
Rocky Mountain Rangers
2nd Wknd
Jocko
406-847-0745
Bigfork Buscaderos
3rd Sat
Bodie Camp
406-883-6797
Last Chance Handgunners
3rd Sat
Bocephus Bandito
406-439-4476
Montana Territory Peacemakers
4th Sat
Backstrap Bill
406-652-6158
Yellowstone Regulators
4th Sat
Chisler Wood
307-690-2676
Flatwood’s Cowboys
1st Sat
Seth Hawkins
910-346-3612
North Carolina Cowboys, Inc.
1st Sat
J. M. Brown
919-266-3751
Old Hickory Regulators
1st Sat
Father Time
252-291-3184
Old North State Posse
1st Sat
Tracker Mike
336-595-8853
Walnut Grove Rangers
1st Sat
Hiem
828-245-5563
Carolina Rough Riders
1st Sun
Pecos Pete
704-996-0756
Buccaneer Range Regulators
2nd Sat
Dodge City Dude
910-270-3351
Carolina Cattlemen’s Shooting
and Social Society
2nd Sat
Wicken Wanda
919-266-1678
High Country Cowboys
2nd Sat
Wild Otter
828-423-7796
Carolina Single Action
Shooting Society
2nd Sun
Carolina Longarm
910-627-7615
Bostic Vigilantes
2th Sat
Bostic Kid
704-434-2174
Cross Creek Cowboys
3rd Sat
Huckleberry Mike
910-980-0572
Gunpowder Creek Regulators
3rd Sat
Fannie Kikinshoot
828-754-1884
Piedmont Gunslingers
3rd Sun
Sam Carp
704-596-7120
Iredell Regulators
4th Sat
Stump Water
704-630-9527
Badlands Bandits (The)
As Schd
Roughrider Ray
701-260-0347
Dakota Rough Riders
As Sched
RoughRider Jim Bob 701-673-3122
Sheyenne Valley Peacekeepers
Last Sat (Apr-Sep) Wild River Rose
701-588-4331
Platte Valley Gunslingers
1st Sun
Col. Horace C. Rider 308-380-9511
Oregon Trail Regulators, NE
2nd Sat
Pvt. J. Southwick
307-837-2919
Alliance Cowboy Club
2nd Sun
Panhandle Slim Miles308-760-0568
Eastern Nebraska Gun Club
2nd Sun
Flint Valdez
712-323-8996
Flat Water Shootists of the
Grand Island Rifle Club
3rd Sun
Scorpion Blaine
308-226-2567
High Plains Renegades
5th Sun
Scruffy Skippy
402-276-1391
The Dalton Gang Shooting
Club, of NH LLC
3rd Wknd (Apr-Oct) Littleton Dalton
603-444-6876
Merrimack Valley Marauders
As Sched
Sheriff R. P. Bucket 603-345-6876
Pemi Valley Peacemakers
As Sched
Laconia
603-524-2240
White Mountain Regulators
As Sched
Dead Head
603-772-2358
Thumbusters
2nd Sun
Doc Fanizzo
732-892-7272
Jackson Hole Gang
4th Sun (Mar-Nov) Emberado
609-466-2277
Magdalena Trail Drivers
1st & 3rd Sat
P.S. Cutter
575-854-2657
Rio Rancho Regulators
1st & 4th Sat
Sam Brannan
505-400-2468
Otero Practical Shooting
Association
1st Sat
Saguaro Sam
505-437-3663
Buffalo Range Riders
1st Sun
Johnny Bayou
505-281-5181
Bighorn Vigilantes
2nd Sat
Falcon Kid
505-286-8449
Lincoln County Regulators
2nd Sat
Sgt. Shuster
575-257-0871
High Desert Drifters
2nd Sun
Howlin Henry
505-286-4411
Lost River Cowboys
2nd Sun
Whiskey R. Dave
505-623-9201
Rio Grande Renegades
2nd Wed, 3rd Sat,
4th Sun, & 5th Sat/ Sun J. W. Calendar
505-856-4046
Gila Rangers
2nd Wknd
Chico Cheech
575-388-2531
Lost Almost Posse
3rd Sat
Beau Legg
505-662-4757
Seven Rivers Regulators
3rd Sat
Stink Creek Jones
575-885-9879
Rio Vaqueros
3rd Sun
J. W. Brockey
505-744-4488
Monument Springs Bushwhackers 4th Sat
Twobits Jim
575-631-7075
Picacho Posse
4th Sat
Fast Hammer
505-647-3434
Tres Rios Bandidos
4th Sun
Old West Cowboy
505-326-0773
th
Steptoe Valley Raiders
4 Sat
Cheyenne Kid
775-296-2053
Lone Wolf Shooters, LLC
1st & 2nd Sun
Penny Pepperbox
775-727-4600
High Plains Drifters
1st Sun
Fernley
775-575-3131
Eldorado Cowboys
1st Wknd
Charming
702-565-3736
Nevada Rangers Cowboy Action
Shooting Society
2nd Sun
Joe Gill
702-565-3276
Pahrump Cowboy Shooters
Association
2nd Sun
Iona Vaquero
775-764-0257
Roop County Cowboy Shooters
Association
2nd Sun
Russ T. Chambers
775-747-1426
Desert Desperados
3rd Sun
Buffalo Sam
702-459-6454
City
State
Scituate
Sudlersville
Thurmont
Waldorf
Frederick
Damascus
Sanford/Springvale
Willmantic
Blue Hill
Augusta
Falmouth
Rockford
Buckanan
Hastings
Sault Ste. Marie
Breckenridge
Sturgis
Central Lake
Plymouth
Utica
Saginaw
Grand Rapids
MA
MD
MD
MD
MD
MD
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
MI
Attica
Morristown
Howard Lake
MI
MN
MN
Virginia
East Grand Forks
New Ulm
Cassville
Higginsville
West Plaines
Fayette
St. Robert
St. Louis
Willard
Natchez
Mendenhall
Byhalia
MN
MN
MN
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MO
MS
MS
MS
Ennis
Simms
Logan
Noxon
Bigfork
Boulder
Billings
West Yellowstone
Hubert
Creedmore
Rocky Mount
Salisbury
Rutherfordton
Charlotte
Wilmington
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
MT
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
Creedmore
Asheville
NC
NC
Eden
Bostic
Wagram
Lenoir
Churchland
Statesville
Belfield
Moffit
Kindred
Grand Island
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Louisville
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
ND
ND
ND
NE
NE
NE
NE
Grand Island
NE
Columbus/Monroe NE
Dalton
Pelham
Holderness
Candia
Minmouth
Jackson
Magdalena
Rio Rancho
NH
NH
NH
NH
NJ
NJ
NM
NM
La Luz
Founders Ranch
Edgewood
Ruidoso
Edgewood
Roswell
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
Albuquerque
Silver City/Mimbres
Los Alamos
Carlsbad
T or C
Hobbs
Las Cruces
Farmington
Ely
Pahrump
Fernley
Boulder City
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NM
NV
NV
NV
NV
Jean
NV
Amargosa Valley NV
Sparks
Las Vegas
NV
NV
Club Name
Silver State Shootists Club
Silver City Shooters Society
Tioga County Cowboys
Crumhorn Mountain Cowboys
Pathfinder Pistoleros
Bar-20, Inc.
Panorama Trail Regulators
Boot Hill Regulators
Hole In The Wall Gang
Border Rangers
Diamond Four
Circle K Regulators
D Bar D Wranglers
The Long Riders
Rockdale Renegades
The Shadow Riders
East End Regulators
Sackets Harbor Vigilantes
Big Irons
Middletown Sportsmens Club, Inc.
Tusco Long Riders
West Jeff Ghostriders
Firelands Peacemakers
Sched.
3rd Sun
4th Sun
1st Sat
1st Sun
1st Sun
2nd Sat
2nd Sat
2nd Sun
2nd Sun
2nd Sun (Apr-Oct)
3rd Sat
3rd Sun
4th Sat
4th Sun
As Sched
As Sched
Last Sun
Last Sun
1st Sat
1st Sat
1st Sat
1st Sun
1st Wed, 3rd Sat
& 5th Sun
Sandusky County Regulators
2nd Sat
Shenango River Rats
2nd Sat & 4th Sun
Miami Valley Cowboys
2nd Sun
Scioto Territory Desperados Inc.
3rd & 5th Sun
Wilmington Rough Riders
3rd Sat
AuGlaize Rough Riders
3rd Sun
Briar Rabbit Rangers
4th Sat
Ohio Valley Vigilantes
4th Sat
Central Ohio Cowboys
4th Sun
Jackson Six Shooters
Last Sat (Mar-Oct)
Rattlesnake Mountain Rangers
1st Sat
Shortgrass Rangers
1st Sat & 3rd Sun
Cherokee Strip Shootists
1st Sun
Oklahoma City Gun Club
2nd Sat & 4th Sun
Indian Territory Single Action
2nd Sun, 3rd Sat,
Shooting Society
4th Wed,& 5th Sun
Flying W Outlaws
3rd & 5th Sat
Tater Hill Regulators
3rd Sun
Horse Ridge Pistoleros
1st & 3rd Sun
Dry Gulch Desperados
1st Sat
Merlin Marauders
1st Sat
Molalla River Rangers
1st Sat
Siuslaw River Rangers
1st Sun
Table Rock Rangers
1st Sun & 2nd Sat
Klamath Cowboys
2nd Sun
Jefferson State Regulators
3rd Sat
Oregon Trail Regulators
3rd Sat
Oregon Old West Shooting Society 3rd Sun & 4th Sat
Fort Dalles Defenders
4th Sun
Umpqua Regulators
4th Sun
Lewis River Rangers
As Sch
Columbia County Cowboys
As Sched
Dry Gulch Rangers
1st Sat
Perry County Regulators
1st Sat
Boot Hill Gang of Topton
1st Sun
Chimney Rocks Regulators
1st Sun
Whispering Pines Cowboy
Committee
1st Sun
Logans Ferry Regulators
2nd Sat
Lost Dutchmen
2nd Sat
Mainville Marauders
2nd Sun
The Dakota Badlanders
2nd Sun
Westshore Posse
2nd Sun
River Junction Shootist Society
3rd Sat
Jefferson Rifle Club, Inc.
3rd Sat (Mar-Nov)
Easton Greenhorns
3rd Sat As Sched
Blue Mountain Rangers
3rd Sun
Silver Lake Bounty Hunters
3rd Sun
Purgatory Regulators
3rd Wknd
Elstonville Hombres
4th Sun
Stewart’s Regulators
4th Sun
El Posse Grande
4th Sun (Mar-Oct)
Conestoga Wagoneers
As Sched
Lincoln County Lawmen
4th Sun
Palmetto Posse
1st Sat
Piedmont Regulators
2nd Sat
Hurricane Riders
3rd Sat
Savannah River Rangers
3rd Sat
Geechee Gunfighters
4th Sat
Cottonwood Cowboy Association 2nd Sun
Black Hills Shootist Association
3rd Sun
Bald Mountain Renegades
4th Sun
Wartrace Regulators
1st Sat
Greene County Regulators
1st Sat
Bitter Creek Rangers, The
1st. Sat
Memphis Gunslingers
2nd Sat
Smoky Mountain Shootist Society 2nd Sat
North West Tennessee Longriders 3rd Sat
3rd Sat
Highland Regulators, Inc
3rd, 4th & 5th Wknd
Ocoee Rangers
4th Sat
El Vaqueros
1st & Last Sun
South Texas Pistolaros
1st Sat
Texas Riviera Pistoleros
1st Sat
Texas Troublemakers
1st Sat
Orange County Regulators
1st Sat
Buck Creek Bandoleros
1st Sat & 3rd Wknd
Plum Creek Carriage &
Shooting Society
1st Sat Sun
Comanche Trail Shootists
1st Sat, 3rd Sun
& 5th Sat
Badlands Bar 3
1st Wknd
Old Fort Parker Patriots
1st Wknd
Texas Peacemakers
1st Wknd
Thunder River Renegades
1st wknd
Tin Star Texans
1st. Sat
Concho Valley Shooters
2nd Sat
Bounty Hunters
2nd Sat
Canadian River Regulators
2nd Sat
Contact
Phone
Tahoe Bill
Daisy Mayhem
Capt. Jake Cutter
Lefty Cooper
Sonny
Renegade Ralph
Twelve Bore
Judge Zaney Grey
Rowdy Rube
Badlands Buzz
Kayutah Kid
Smokehouse Dan
Captain Maf
Loco Poco Lobo
Scheriff Richie
Snake River Cowboy
Diamond Rio
Bobby Hats
Deadwood Stan
Deadwood Stan
Split Rail
Col. Cord McNalley
775-586-9178
Carson City
702-896-1174
Indian Springs
607-6625-4801
Owego
607-547-6008
Maryland
315-695-7032
Fulton
315-363-5342
West Eaton
585-613-8046
Penfield
845-352-7921
Chester
631-474-0002
Calverton
607-898-3581
Greene
607-796-0573
Odessa
518-885-3758
Ballston Spa
845-226-8611
Wappingers Fall
585-467-4429
Shortsville
607-783-2752
Rockdale
631-477-1090 Westhampton Beach
631-585-1936
Westhampton
1-315-782-3536
Sackets Harbor
513-894-3500
Middletown
513-894-3500
Middletown
330-364-6185
Midvale
614-563-6070
West Jefferson
City
State
NV
NV
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
NY
OH
OH
OH
OH
Johnny Shiloh
440-984-4551
Kenny Vaquero
419-874-6929
Shenango Joe
330-782-0958
Buckshot Jones
937-418-7816
Lucky Levi Loving 740-380-6190
Paragon Pete
740-626-7667
Doc Carson
419-782-7837
Grizzly Killer
330-204-4606
Rowdy K
419-529-0887
Buffalo Balu
740-569-3206
Flat Iron Fred
330-538-2690
Black River Jack
918-908-0016
Captain Allyn Capron 580-357-5870
Querida Kate
405-372-0208
Stonewall
405-739-0545
Rochester
Gibsonburg
Yankee Lake
Piqua
Chillicothe
Wilmington
Defiance
Zanesville
Mt. Vernon
Circleville
North Jackson
Checotah
Grandfield
Stillwater
Oklahoma Cty
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OH
OK
OK
OK
OK
Montana Dan
Papa Don
Taos Willie
Big Casinos
Runamuck
Rogue Rascal
Gold Dust Bill
Johnny Jingos
Jed I. Knight
Rambling Dave
Jed I. Knight
Road Agent
Mid Valley Drifter
Frisco Nell
Big Lou
Johnny Colt
Kitty Colt
Pepc Holic
Tuscarora Slim
Lester Moore
Hattie Hubbs
918-313-0249
580-225-5515
918-355-2849
541-389-2342
509-525-2984
541-472-8585
503-705-1211
541-997-6313
541-944-2281
541-273-1055
541-944-2281
541-963-2237
541-259-2774
360-835-5630
541-484-5900
503-289-1280
503-642-4120
724-263-1461
717-789-3004
610-704-6792
814-696-5669
Coweta
Elk City
Tulsa
Bend
Milton Freewater
Grants Pass
Canby
Florence
White City
Keno
Ashland
La Grande
Albany
The Dalles
Roseburg
St. Helens
St. Helens
Midway
Ickesburg
Topton
Hollidaysburg
OK
OK
OK
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
PA
PA
PA
PA
Mac Traven
Mariah Kid
Basket Lady
Gettysburg
Barley Pop Bill
Doc Hornaday
Mattie Hays
Oracle Jones
Ragweed
The Mad Tanner
Marshal Buckshot
Dry Gulch Geezer
Basket Lady
Sodbuster Burt
Black Hills Barb
No Change
Eula Nissen
Dun Gamblin
Chase Randall
Saloon Keeper
Surly Dave
Edisto Ike
Dakota Nailbender
Hawkbill Smith
Grease Cup
Will Reily
Mort Dooley
Sunset Evans
Mountaineer Lefty
Hombre Sin Nombre
Can’t Shoot Dillon
Double Barrell
Tennessee Triple B
Ocoee Red
Tom Doniphan
Long John Beard
Long Star
Lefty Tex Larue
Pineknot Luther
Hoofprint Prine
570-723-8885
412-607-5313
717-949-3970
570-387-1795
610-770-1189
717-432-1352
724-593-6602
410-239-6795
610-847-2798
610-562-8161
570-663-3045
814-827-2120
717-949-3970
724-479-8838
570-538-9163
215-431-2302
401-647-3049
803-422-5587
864-843-6154
843-361-2277
803-892-2812
843-869-2429
605-520-5212
605-342-8946
605-598-6744
615-325-9585
423-357-8464
931-484-2036
901-388-6420
865-740-3801
731-885-8102
423-5933767
423-539-8538
423-476-5303
254-559-9896
210-414-7786
361-334-1978
903-539-7234
409-963-2721
254-897-7328
Wellsboro
Pittsburgh
Schaefferstown
Mainville
Orefield
New Cumberland
Donegal
Jefferson
Lower Saucon
Hamburg
Montrose
Titusville
Manheim
Shelocta
Muncy Valley
Southampton
Manville
Columbia
Anderson
Aynor
Jackson
Ridgeville
Clark
Pringle
Faulkton
Wartrace
Rogersville
Crossville
Arlington
Oak Ridge
Union City
Chattanooga
Winfield
Cleveland
Breckenridge
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Brownsboro
Orange
Nemo
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
PA
RI
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SD
SD
SD
TN
TN
TN
TN
TN
TN
TN
TN
TN
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
Delta Raider
512-376-2602
Lockhart
TX
Dee Horne
T-Bone Dooley
Slowaz Molasses
Deadeye Greg
Double Down Dan
Amber Darlin
The Atoka Kid
Cable Lockhart
Capshaw
432-556-8446
903-628-5512
254-412-0904
903-593-8215
281-259-5202
830-685-3464
325-723-2035
806-299-1192
806-335-1660
Midland
English
Groesbeck
Tyler
Magnolia
Fredericksburg
San Angelo
Levelland
Clarendon
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
TX
September 2008
SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE (Cont.)
Club Name
Sched.
Travis County Regulators
2nd Sat
Texican Rangers
2nd Sat & Sun
Texas Tenhorns Shooting Club
2nd Sun & Last Sat
Lone Star Frontier Shooting Club 2nd Wknd
Oakwood Outlaws
2nd Wknd
Big Thicket Outlaws
3rd Sat
Cottonwood Creek Cowboys
3rd Sat
Gruesome Gulch Gang
3rd Sat
San Antonio Rough Riders
3rd Sat
Tejas Caballeros
3rd Sat
Red River Regulators
3rd Sun
Texas Historical Shootist Society 3rd Sun
Alamo Area Moderators
4th Sat
Butterfield Trail Regulators
4th Sat
Purgatory Ridge Rough Riders
4th Sat
Comanche Valley Vigilantes
4th Wknd
Green Mountain Regulators
4th Wknd
Tejas Pistoleros, Inc.
4th Wknd
Texas Regulators
4th Wknd
Coal Creek Cowboys
1st & 3rd Sat
Big Hollow Bandits
1st Sat
Copenhagen Valley Regulators
1st Sat
Crow Seeps Cattle Company L.L.C. 1st Sat
North Rim Regulators
1st Sat
Dixie Desperados
2nd &4th Sat
Deseret Historical Shootist Society 2nd Sat
Hobble Creek Wranglers
2nd Sat
Rio Verde Rangers
2nd Sat
Cache Valley Vaqueros
2nd. Sat
Utah War
3rd & 5th Sat
Diamond Mountain Rustlers
3rd Sat
Mesa Marauders Gun Club
3rd Sat
Roller Mill Hill Gunslingers
3rd Sat
Wasatch Summit Regulators
3rd Sun
Balanced Rock Regultors, LLC
3rd. Sat
Castle Gate Posse
4th Sat
Wahsatch Desperados
4th Sat
Dixie Desperados
5th Sat
Pungo Posse
1st Sat
Cavalier Cowboys
1st Sun (Mar-Dec)
Virginia City Marshals
1st Tues
Blue Ridge Regulators
2nd Sun
K.C.’s Corral
3rd Sat
Mattaponi Sundowners
3rd Sun & 4th Sat
Bend of Trail
4th Sun
Pepper Mill Creek Gang
4th Sun
Stovall Creek Regulators
Alt. 1st Sat & Sun
Rivanna Ranger Company
See Sched
Verdant Mountain Vigilantes
2nd Sun
Mica Peak Marshals
1st & 3rd Sat
North East Washington Regulators 1st Wknd
Renton United Cowboy Action
Shooters
1st Wknd
Colville Guns and Roses
2nd Sun
Smokey Point Desperados
2nd Sun
Apple Valley Marshals
3rd Sat
Wolverton Mountain Peace Keepers 3rd Sat
Ghost Riders
3rd Sun
Black River Regulators
4th Sat
Custer Renegades
4th Sun
Pataha Rustlers
4th Sun
Pouslbo Pistoleros
4th Sun
Rattlesnake Gulch Rangers
Last Sat
Beazley Gulch Rangers
Last Sun
Rock River Regulators
1st & 3rd Sat
Western Wisconsin Wild Bunch
2nd Sat
Bristol Plains Pistoleros
2nd Sun
Crystal River Gunslingers
2nd Sun
Wisconsin Old West Shootist, Inc. 2nd Sun & 4th Sat
Liberty Prairie Regulators
3rd Sat
Blue Hills Bandits
3rd Sun
Oconomowoc Cattlemen’s
Association
4th Sat
The Bad Guys Posse
As Sched
Dawn Ghost Riders
1st Sun
Frontier Regulators
2nd Sat
The Railtown Rowdys
2nd Sun
Kanawha Valley Regulators
3rd Wknd
Cowboy Action Shooting
Sports, Inc.
4th Sun (Feb-Nov)
Cheyenne Regulators, Inc.
1st Sat
Colter’s Hell Justice Committee
WSAS
1st Sat
Bessemer Vigilance Committee
1st Sun
High Lonesome Drifters
2nd Sat
Sybille Creek Shooters
2nd Sat
Southfork Vigilance Committee
WSAS
2nd sun
Donkey Creek Shootists
3rd Sat
Powder River Justice Committee
WSAS
3rd Sun
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Chainfire Tom
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Charles Goodnight
Tombstone Mary
Cob-Eye Zack
Terror of Texas
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Singin’ Zeke
Texas Paladin
Shotglass
Lineas A. Puffbuster
P.J. McCarthy
Lance Vigil
Buffalo Juan
Autum Rose
William Waddy
Shorty Lamoore
Hobble Creek
Doc Nelson
Wasatch Ranger
Jubal O. Sackett
Cinch
Copper Queen
Widtsoe Kid
Boots Rob
Ernie Bentley
Cowboy M. Maude
Sly Steadyhand
William Waddy
V. B. Southpaw
Kuba Kid
Humphrey Hook
Bad Company
Cousin Wilfred
Flatboat Bob
Trapper Dan
Slip Hammer Spiv
Brizco-Z
Virginia Ranger
Snake-Eye Alger
Old Timer Gus
Armstong Rosie
210-860-5276
830-896-7856
903-546-6291
972-641-8585
903-545-2252
409-860-5526
325-207-1094
806-293-2909
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435-723-5115
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TX
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UT
UT
UT
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VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VA
VT
WA
WA
Jess Ducky
Snapshot Sal
Mudflat Mike
Silent Sam
Hellfire
Sidewinder Sam
Montana Slim
Slingshot Sam
Doc Day
Sourdough George
Ricochet Robbie
An E. Di
Stoney Mike
Sierra Jack Cassidy
Tex Hewitt
Ghost Chaser
Tracker Jack Daniels
Dirty Deeds
Lone Lady
425-271-9286
509-684-6787
425-335-5176
509-884-3875
360-513-9081
425-836-8053
360-754-4328
360-410-6869
509-382-4898
360-830-0100
509-628-0889
509-787-1782
608-868-5167
608-792-1494
847-956-0947
715-281-7823
715-643-2011
920-748-4833
715-458-4841
Renton
Colville
Arlington
East Wenatchee
Ariel
Fall City
Littlerock
Custer
Dayton
Poulsbo
Benton City
Quincy
Beloit
Holmen
Bristol
Waupaca
Boyceville
Ripon
Rice Lake
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
WI
Marvin the Moyle
Speedy Dan
Coffee Bean
Captain Tay
Miss Print
Pike Marshall
414-254-5592
262-728-6577
304-327-9884
304-589-6162
304-925-9342
Concord
Elkhorn
Hinton
Grafton
Bluefield
Eleanor
WI
WI
WV
WV
WV
WV
Cody Conagher
Dr. Frank Powell
304-258-1419
307-637-0350
Largent
Cheyenne
WV
WY
Lucky B. Thorington
Smokewagon Bill
Kari Lynn
Wyoming Roy
307-202-1113
307-472-1926
307-587-2946
307-322-3515
Varies
Casper
Cody
Wheatland
WY
WY
WY
WY
Wennoff Halfcock
Poker Jim
307-332-5035
307-660-0221
Lander
Gillette
WY
WY
Doc Fehr
307-683-3320
Buffalo
WY
To make any changes
or affiliate your store,
please contact
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Club Name
Sched.
Contact
Phone
City
State
CANADIAN MONTHLY MATCHES
Alberta Frontier Shootists
Rocky Mountain House Old
West Shootists
Red Mountain Renegades
Valley Regulators
Palmer’s Gulch Cowboys
Victoria Frontier Shootists
Western Canadian Frontier
Shootists Society
SASS Nova Scotia Cowboy
Action Shooting Club
Barrie Gun Club
Lambton Sportsman’s Club
Wentworth Shooting
Sports Club
Ottawa Valley Marauders
Aurora Desperados
The Badlands of H. A. H. A.
Champ de tir
Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur
As Sched
780-464-4600
Kelsey
ALB
CANADA
403-845-4347
604-929-0178
250-334-3479
250-372-0416
250-592-4311
Rocky Mnt House
Mission
Courtenay
Heffley Creek
Victoria
ALB
BC
BC
BC
BC
CANADA
CANADA
CANADA
CANADA
CANADA
Gunfighter Jim
250-573-2885
Kamloops
BC
CANADA
3rd Sun
Wounded Belly
2nd & 4th Sat Northern Crow
2nd Sat
Payton
902-890-2310
705-435-2807
519-337-9058
Truro, NS
Barrie
St. Clair
NS
ON
ON
CANADA
CANADA
CANADA
2nd Sun
As Sched
1st Fri
As Sched
Stoney Creek
Button
Destry
Arty Ways
1-905-664-3217
514-792-0063
905-727-8987
905-627-4123
Hamilton
Ottawa
Aurora
Ancaster
ON
ON
ONT
ONT
CANADA
CANADA
CANADA
CANADA
As Sched
Richelieu Mike
450-658-8130
Napierville
QC
CANADA
Dirty Owl Bert
819-424-7842
Joliette
QC
CANADA
As Sched
1st Sun
3rd Sat
As Sched
As Sched
As Sched
Quebec Mounted Shooting
Association
Varies
Mustang Heart
Luke A. Leathersmith
Forty One Colt Bob
High Country Amigo
Caribou Lefty
Teacher C.
EUROPE MONTHLY MATCHES
Sweetwater Gunslingers Austria
Old West Shooting Society
Switzerland
Association of Western Shooters
Czech Cowboy Action
Shooting Society
As Sched
Fra Diabolo
[email protected] Vienna
AT
As Sched
As Sched
Hondo Janssen
Thunderman
044-271-99 47
420-603-222-400
Zurich
Prelouc
CH
CZ
As Sched
George Roscoe
420-777-220248
Rhine River Joe
0049-2823-5807
Oparany
(South Bohemia)
Varies
CZ
DE
Kid O Folliard
Niers River Kid
Hurricane Irmi
Capt. Woodbury Kane
Jesse Sandwhite
Trusy Phil
Indepenence Carroll
Kaboom Andy
Alchimista
49 170 382 9406
0049-2823-98080
0049-2823-5807
3.58505E+11
682526763
+33 145326028
028 9336 8004
39 335 7378551
39-3342068337
Edderitz
Wegberg
Bocholt
Various
Varies
Varies
Varies
Vigevano
Italy
DE
DE
DE
FI
FR
FR
IE
IT
IT
Fat Bob
Cloggie Joe
Lightning Anja
31-40-242-4076
31-4120-652694
0031-517-592120
Varies
Veghel
Leeuwarden
NL
NL
NL
Pete Cody
Charles Quantrill
Jailbird
Charles Quantrill
Wild Bull
Badas Bob
31-4-6433-1075
47-932-59-669
47-6399-4279
4793259669
4658612045
16-422-53-3333
Stein (LB)
Loten
Lillestrom
Romedal
Lesjofors
Redcar
NL
NO
NO
NO
SE
UR
SASS Germany
As Sched
Cowboy Action ShootingGermany
Last Sat
SASS-Europe
Monday
Cas-Europe
Wed
SASS-Finland
Various
Club de Tir Beaujolais
Varies
Cowboy Action Shooting France Varies
Kells County Regulators
1st Sat
Honky Tonk Rebels
As sched
Old West Shooting Society Italy As Sched
Dutch Western Shooting
Association
1st Sun
Scherpschutters Veghel
2nd Sun
SASS Netherlands
As Sched
Western Shooting Club
Stone Valley
As Sched
SASS Norway
As Sched
Schedsmoe County Rough Riders Thurs
Quantrill Raiders
As Sch
SASS Sweden
1st Sat
British Western Shooting Society As Sched
RW
SOUTH AFRICA MONTHLY MATCHES
Western Shooters of
South Africa
3rd Sat
Richmond P. Hobson
027-21-797-5054
Cape Town
SA
DOWN UNDER MONTHLY MATCHES
Wiski Mountain Rangers
Gold Coast Gamblers
Cowboy Action Shooters
of Australia
Mount Rowan Rangers
Fort Bridger Shooting Club Inc.
SSAA Single Action
Shooting-Australia
Adelaide Pistol & Shooting Club
Bullet Spittin Sons O’ Thunder
Trail Blazers Gun Club
Wairarapa Pistol and
Shooting Club, Inc.
Tararua Rangers
Western Renegades
As Sched
1st & 3rd Sat
Caretaker Hare
Dagger Jack
414383845
61-7-5537-5857
Mount Martha
Gold Coast
VIC
QLD
AU
AU
3rd Wknd
4th Sat
4th Sun
Mister Skye
Arizona Sheriff
Duke York
02-9975-7983
0408 561 286
61-3-9551-2902
Teralba
Ballart
Drouin
NSW
VIC
VIC
AU
AU
AU
61-7-4695-2050
61-8-2890606
64-6-3564720
64-3-755-7654
Millmerran
Korunye
Palmerston N.
Mill Town
QLD
SA
NZ
AU
AU
sat/sun
Virgil Earp
1st Sat & 3rd Sun Lobo Malo
2nd Sat
Billy Deadwood
1st Sun
Ernie Southpaw
2nd Sun
3rd Sun
4th Sat
Doc Hayes
06 379 6692
J.E.B. Stuart
(64) 6 3796436
Slim Chance Ever 027 249 6270
Carterton
Carterton
Wanganui
NZ
NZ
NZ
NZ
SASS MOUNTED MONTHLY MATCHES
Tombstone Ghost Riders
Mounted Club
Prescott Ranch Rangers
Ghost Town Riders
Roy Rogers Rangers
California Range Riders
San Joaquin Valley Rangers
Revengers of Montezuma
Sand Creek Shadow Riders
Florida Outlaws Cowboy
Mounted Shooting
Broken Spoke Mounted Posse
Midwest Rangers, Inc.
Thurmont Mounted Rangers
New Hampshire Mounted Shooters
Cowboy Legends Mounted Shooting
Association
Buffalo Range Riders Mounted
Rio Grande Rustlers
Oklahoma Gunslingers
Lone Pine Rangers
2nd Sun
Varies
1st Sun
2nd Wknd
As Sched
TBA
1st Sat
As Sched
Cowboy Doug
July Johnson
Steely Eyes Earp
Wildcat Kate
Old Buckaroo
Dog Face Dan
Aneeda Huginkiss
Wildkat Mike
520-457-3559
951-775-1957
951-737-6596
951-928-4601
408-710-1616
925-634-0361
970-565-8479
303-644-5802
Tombstone
Paulden
Norco
Winchester
Varies
Stockton
Cortez
Byers
AZ
AZ
CA
CA
CA
CA
CO
CO
As Sched
As Sched
As Sched
3rd Sun
As Sched
Lone Wolf McCrary
El Paisano
J. B. Hume
Timber Smoke
Army Saddler
321-263-5239
217-964-2433
309-219-2198
410-997-9370
603-487-3379
DeLeon Springs
Mendon
Rochelle
Thurmont
New Boston
FL
IL
IL
MD
NH
As Sched
1st Sun
2nd Sat
As Sched
3rd Sat
Crown Royal Cowboy
Cimarron Lou
Buckskin Doc
Ima Sandy Storm
Hawkeye Scout
973-296-6283
505-286-4566
505-440-0257
918-244-8060
541-447-7012
Pompton Plains
Founders Ranch
Belen
Claremore
Prineville
NJ
NM
NM
OK
OR
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September 2008
SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS ANNUAL MATCHES
Match Name
Sched.
Contact
John Wayne Shoot-out
Sep 11 - 14, 08
Gunsmoke Slim
Roop County Days
Sep 12 - 14, 08
Toni 2 Bits
Standoff at Smokey Point
Sep 12 - 14, 08
Mudflat Mike
Shootout at Hoss Creek Ranch
Sep 12 - 14, 08
Kenny Vaquero
High Plains Throw Down
Sep 12 - 14, 08
J. P. Trouble
SASS FOUR CORNERS TERRITORIAL BLACKPOWDER SHOOTOUT
Smoke Iron 2008
Sep 12 - 13, 08
Penny Wrangler
Dakota Territory Gold Rush
Sep 13 - 14, 08
Hawkbill Smith
The Final Showdown
Sep 13 - 14, 08
Rowdy K
Street Fight in Tombstone
Sep 13 - 14, 08
Cowboy Doug
Battle in the Badlands
Sep 13 - 14, 08
Roughrider Ray
SASS Minnesota State Championship
Gunsmoke ‘08
Sep 18 - 21, 08
Kaycee McCaylum
SASS Oklahoma State Championship
Ruckus in the Nation
Sep 18 - 21, 08
Montana Dan
Bridgeport Vigilantes Eastern
High Sierra Shootout
Sep 18 - 21, 08
Bodie Kid
SASS New York State Championship
Heluva Rukus
Sep 19 - 21, 08
Homer Suggs
A Gunfight in Dixie
Sep 19 - 21, 08
Cherokee Sargent
Gateway To The West
Sep 19 - 21, 08
Bounty Seeker
Shootout at the Happy Jack Mine
Sep 19 - 20, 08
Happy Jack
Shootout at Old Magdalena
Sep 19 - 21, 08
P.S. Cutter
Six Gun Justice
Sep 19 - 20, 08
Teton County Jr.
TMS Bar-B-Q Shoot
Sep 20 - 20, 08
Pinto Being
Stagetrail Shootout
Sep 20 - 20, 08
Slip Hammer Yates
Chippewa Regulators
Sep 20 - 21, 08
Lazy Eye Ben
Wolverton Mtn. Peace Keepers
Sep 20 - 21, 08
Hellfire
Shootout at Kamrath Corral
Sep 20 - 21, 08
Scruffy Skippy
SASS NORTHWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Rattlesnake Gulch Roundup
Sep 25 - 28, 08
Ricochet Robbie
Legends of The West
Sep 26 - 28, 08
Bojack
Adobe Walls
Sep 26 - 28, 08
Querida
T-Town Shootout
Sep 26 - 28, 08
Newton
SASS West Virginia State Championship Appalachian
Showdown XVII
Sep 26 - 28, 08
Cody Conagher
Fall Roundup
Sep 26 - 28, 08
Shamrock Sis
Purgatory Rush
Sep 26 - 28, 08
Dry Gulch Geezer
SASS Indiana State Championship
Sep 26 - 28, 08
Thorny Rose
Rampage
Sep 27 - 27, 08
Sly Steadyhand
Do-over Shoot
Sep 27 - 28, 08
Basket Lady
Verde Valley Ranch Wars
Sep 27 - 28, 08
Johnny Meadows
Eagleville Cowboys Annual Shoot
Sep 27 - 28, 08
One Son of A Gun
Wild West Extravaganza Shootout
Sep 27 - 27, 08
Penny Pepperbox
Willimantic Smoke
Sep 28 - 28, 08
Ripley Scounger
SASS Nevada State Championship
Eldorado
Oct 02 - 05, 08
Charming
SASS NORTHEAST REGIONAL
Mason Dixon Stampede
Oct 02 - 05, 08
Chuckaroo
SASS Alabama State Championship
Ambush At Cavern Cove
Oct 03 - 05, 08
Drake Robey
High Noon at Tusco
Oct 03 - 05, 08
Split Rail
Defend Old Fort Parker
Charity Match
Oct 03 - 05, 08
Slowaz Molasses
SASS NORTHEAST REGIONAL MOUNTED SHOOTING
Oct 03 - 05, 08
Timber Smoke
Comanche Moon Shootout
Oct 04 - 05, 08
Dee Horne
Shootout on the Cimarron
Oct 04 - 05, 08
Querida Kate
Guns In The Grove
Oct 04 - 04, 08
Ross Rutherford
SASS Tennessee State Championship
Regulator’s Reckoning
Oct 09 - 11, 08
Sassy Lora
SASS WESTERN REGIONAL
Last Stand at Chimney Rock
Oct 09 - 12, 08
Five Jacks
Mississippi Fandango
Oct 10 - 12, 08
Sierra Jack Cassidy
Autumn Ambush
Oct 10 - 12, 08
Edgy Tom
Huntsman World Senior Games
Oct 10 - 12, 08
Sandy Franks
SASS Ohio State Championship
Shootout at Hard Times
Oct 10 - 12, 08
Buckshot Jones
SASS Louisiana State Championship
Shootout at Cypress Creek
Oct 10 - 12, 08
Matt Masterson
Autumn Ambush
Oct 10 - 12, 08
Edgy Tom
Gunfight at Wolf Creek
Oct 11-11, 08
Wild Otter
Shootout at Moniteau Creek
& Missouri Boat Ride
Oct 11 - 12, 08
Doolin Riggs
Buzzard Boil
Oct 12 - 12, 08
Cayuse
SASS Kansas State Championship
Border Wars ‘08
Oct 17 - 19, 08
Buffalo Phil
Great Pumkin Massacre
Oct 17 - 19, 08
Torandado
SASS New Jersy State Championship
Purgatory in The Pines
Oct 17 - 19, 08
Peacemaker Reb
Diamond Four Roundup
Oct 18 - 19, 08
Kayutah Kid
The Dalton Gangs October Shootout
Oct 18 - 19, 08
Sidecar Dalton
The Whoopin’
Oct 18 - 18, 08
Cerveza Grande
Ambush at Rocky River
Oct 18 - 19, 08
Terrebonne Bud
Hanging Tree Shootout
Oct 19 - 19, 08
X S Chance
The Gunfight Behind The Jersey Lilly
Oct 23 - 26, 08
Captain Jake
SASS Arizona State Championship
Bordertown
Oct 23 - 26, 08
Billy B. Jiggered
SASS Missouri State Championship
2008 Show-Me Shootout
Oct 23 - 26, 08
Smokie
High Sierra “End of Track”
Oct 23 - 26, 08
Peaceful
Gunfight Behind the Jersey Lilly
Oct 24 - 26, 08
Walks Fletcher
Guns of Autumn
Oct 24 - 25, 08
Southern Breeze
“Comin Thru The Rye” Gunnin’ Fer
A Showdown
Oct 24 - 26, 08
Derringer Di
SASS Virginia State Championship
Star City Shootout
Oct 24 - 26, 08
Beer Slinger
SASS Kentucky & Tennessee State Black Powder Shootout
Smokeout In the Hills
Oct 24 - 26, 08
Iron Maiden
The Rustlers Rendezvous
Oct 25 - 25, 08
Buckskin Doc
Shoot Out at Oak Ridge
Oct 25 - 25, 08
Pittsburg Mac
SASS Southeast Regional
Comin’At’Cha
Oct 30 - 02, 08
T-Bone Dooley
SASS North Carolina State Championship
The Uprising at Swering Creek
Oct 30 - 02, 08
J. M. Brown
Siege at Clark Station
Nov 01 - 02, 08 Polecat Ron
Vengeance Trail
Nov 02 - 02, 08 Shady Brady
Rusty Colts Guns of Autumn
Nov 02 - 02, 08 Snake River Cowboy
Phone
City
State
Match Name
805-238-9567
775-783-8387
425-335-5176
419-874-6929
928-445-2468
San Luis Obispo
Sparks
Arlington
Gibsonbong
Prescott
CA
NV
WA
OH
AZ
435-680-0909
605-342-8946
419-529-0887
520-457-3559
701-260-0347
Cedar City
Pringle
Mt. Vernon
Tombstone
Belfield
UT
SD
OH
AZ
ND
507-455-1101
Morristown
MN
918-313-0249
Coweta
OK
760-932-1139
Bridgeport
CA
518-274-8505
901-867-5100
636-464-6569
435-979-4665
575-854-2657
208-709-1708
970-464-7118
309-359-8699
906-632-2720
360-513-9081
402-276-1391
Ballston Spa
Arlington
St. Louis
Lake Powell
Magdalena
Rexburg
Whitewater
Bloomington
Sault Ste. Marie
Ariel
Columbus
NY
TN
MO
UT
NM
ID
CO
IL
MI
WA
NE
509-628-0889
760-956-8852
831-636-3348
785-925-0281
Benton City
Devore
Gonzales
Topeka
WA
CA
CA
KS
304-258-1419
309-798-2635
814-827-2120
574-893-7214
801-546-4843
717-949-3970
928-567-9227
231-544-2461
775-727-4600
207-876-4928
Largent
Milan
Titusville
Warsaw
Fruit Heights
Manheim
Camp Verde
Central Lake
Pahrump
Willimantic
WV
IL
PA
IN
UT
PA
AZ
MI
NV
ME
702-565-3736
Boulder City
NV
301-831-9666
Thurmont
MD
256-233-6350
330-364-6185
Cavern Cove
Midvale
AL
OH
254-412-0904
Groesbeck
TX
410-997-9370
432-557-6598
405-372-0208
828-287-4519
Thurmont
Midland
Stillwater
Rutherfordton
MD
TX
OK
NC
615-896-8450
Wartrace
TN
760-949-3198
608-792-1494
505-286-9185
435-705-4009
Lucerne Valley
Holmen
Founders Ranch
Hurricane
CA
WI
NM
UT
937-418-7816
Piqua
OH
318-396-5870
505-286-9185
828-423-7796
Downsville
LA
Founders Ranch NM
Asheville
NC
573-687-3103
203-457-1031
Fayette
East Granby
MO
CT
913-898-4911
815-302-8305
Parker
Plainfield
KS
IL
908-359-8794
607-796-0573
603-444-6876
512-990-0504
248-709-5254
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Dec 13 - 14, 08
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Dec 13 - 13, 08
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Dec 27 - 29, 08
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Jan 16 - 18, 09
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Ambush at Butterfield Trail
Jan 23 - 25, 09
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Feb 14 - 15, 09
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Feb 25 - 01, 09
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Feb 27 - 01, 09
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Mar 19 - 22, 09
Charles Goodnight
The Ide’s of March
Mar 21 - 22, 09
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Mar 28 - 28, 09
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Mar 28 - 28, 09
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The Plainfield Incident
Apr 02 - 05, 09
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Apr 10 - 12, 09
Nooga Kid
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Apr 16 - 19, 09
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Apr 20 - 03, 09
LeRoy Rogers
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Apr 23 - 26, 09
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Apr 23 - 26, 09
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Apr 30 - 03, 09
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May 21 - 21, 09 San Quinton
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Jun 11 - 13, 09
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Gun’s Galore
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